verkle implementation

Signed-off-by: Karim Taam <karim.t2am@gmail.com>

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -500,6 +500,3 @@ workflows:
     jobs:
       - assemble
       - dockerScan
-      - acceptanceTestsPrivacy:
-          requires:
-            - assemble

.github/issue_template.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!--     comply with it, including treating everyone with respect: -->
 <!--     https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md -->
 <!--   * Reproduced the issue in the latest version of the software -->
-<!--   * Read the debugging docs: https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/stable/HowTo/Monitor/Logging/ -->
+<!--   * Read the debugging docs: https://besu.hyperledger.org/private-networks/how-to -->
 <!--   * Duplicate Issue check:  https://github.com/search?q=+is%3Aissue+repo%3Ahyperledger/Besu -->
 <!-- Note:  Not all sections will apply to all issue types. -->
 

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
-<!-- Thanks for sending a pull request! Please check out our contribution guidelines: -->
-<!-- https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md -->
-
 ## PR description
 
 ## Fixed Issue(s)
 <!-- Please link to fixed issue(s) here using format: fixes #<issue number> -->
 <!-- Example: "fixes #2" -->
+
+
+### Thanks for sending a pull request! Have you done the following?
+
+- [ ] Checked out our [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
+- [ ] Considered documentation and added the `doc-change-required` label to this PR [if updates are required](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Documentation).
+- [ ] Considered the changelog and included an [update if required](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Changelog).
+- [ ] For database changes (e.g. KeyValueSegmentIdentifier) considered compatibility and performed forwards and backwards compatibility tests
+
+### Locally, you can run these tests to catch failures early:
+
+- [ ] unit tests: `./gradlew build`
+- [ ] acceptance tests: `./gradlew acceptanceTest`
+- [ ] integration tests: `./gradlew integrationTest`
+- [ ] reference tests: `./gradlew ethereum:referenceTests:referenceTests`
+

.github/workflows/acceptance-tests.yml

@@ -1,72 +1,42 @@
 name: acceptance-tests
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-  pull_request_review:
-    types: [submitted]
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
   total-runners: 16
 
 jobs:
-  shouldRun:
-    name: checks to ensure we should run
-    # necessary because there is no single PR approved event, need to check all comments/approvals/denials
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    outputs:
-      shouldRun: ${{steps.shouldRun.outputs.result}}
-    steps:
-      - name: required check
-        id: shouldRun
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
-        env:
-          # fun fact, this changes based on incoming event, it will be different when we run this on pushes to main
-          RELEVANT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { RELEVANT_SHA } = process.env;
-            const { data: { statuses } } = await github.rest.repos.getCombinedStatusForRef({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              ref: RELEVANT_SHA,
-            });
-            const acceptanceTested = statuses && statuses.filter(({ context }) => context === 'acceptance-tests');
-            const alreadyRun = acceptanceTested && acceptanceTested.find(({ state }) => state === 'success') > 0;
-            const { data: reviews } = await github.rest.pulls.listReviews({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              pull_number: context.issue.number,
-            });
-            const approvingReviews = reviews && reviews.filter(review => review.state === 'APPROVED');
-            const shouldRun = !alreadyRun && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' &&  (approvingReviews.length > 0);
-            
-              console.log("tests should be run = %j", shouldRun);
-              console.log("alreadyRun = %j", alreadyRun);
-              console.log("approvingReviews = %j", approvingReviews.length);
-            
-            return shouldRun;
   acceptanceTestEthereum:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: "Acceptance Runner"
-    needs: shouldRun
     permissions:
       statuses: write
       checks: write
-    if: ${{ needs.shouldRun.outputs.shouldRun == 'true'}}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         runner_index: [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: get acceptance test report
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@e7466d1a7587ed14867642c2ca74b5bcc1e19a2d
         with:
           branch: main
           name_is_regexp: true
@@ -74,10 +44,12 @@ jobs:
           path: tmp/junit-xml-reports-downloaded
           if_no_artifact_found: true
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: Split tests
         id: split-tests
-        uses: r7kamura/split-tests-by-timings@v0
+        uses: r7kamura/split-tests-by-timings@9322bd292d9423e2bc5a65bec548901801341e3f
         with:
           reports: tmp/junit-xml-reports-downloaded
           glob: 'acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/**/*Test.java'
@@ -90,25 +62,30 @@ jobs:
         #then drop file extension, then insert --tests option between each.
         run: cat testList.txt | sed -e 's@acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/@--tests\ @g;s@/@.@g;s/\.java//g'  > gradleArgs.txt
       - name: run acceptance tests
-        run: ./gradlew acceptanceTest `cat gradleArgs.txt` -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+        run: ./gradlew acceptanceTestNotPrivacy `cat gradleArgs.txt` -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
       - name: cleanup tempfiles
         run: rm testList.txt gradleArgs.txt
       - name: Upload Acceptance Test Results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
           name: acceptance-node-${{matrix.runner_index}}-test-results
-          path: 'acceptance-tests/tests/build/test-results/acceptanceTest/TEST-*.xml'
-      - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
-        if: (success() || failure()) # always run even if the build step fails
-        with:
-          report_paths: 'acceptance-tests/tests/build/test-results/acceptanceTest/TEST-*.xml'
-  acceptance-tests:
+          path: 'acceptance-tests/tests/build/test-results/**/TEST-*.xml'
+  accepttests-passed:
+    name: "accepttests-passed"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [ acceptanceTestEthereum ]
     permissions:
       checks: write
       statuses: write
+    if: always()
     steps:
-      - name: consolidation
-        run: echo "consolidating statuses"
+      # Fail if any `needs` job was not a success.
+      # Along with `if: always()`, this allows this job to act as a single required status check for the entire workflow.
+      - name: Fail on workflow error
+        run: exit 1
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
+            || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+            || contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped')
+          }}

.github/workflows/artifacts.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 
-name: artifacts
+name: release artifacts
 
 on:
   release:
     types:
       - prereleased
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true"
 
 jobs:
   artifacts:
@@ -13,17 +15,19 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: assemble distributions
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: assemble release
         run:
-          ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{github.ref_name}} assemble -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+          ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} assemble
       - name: hashes
         id: hashes
         run: |
@@ -31,46 +35,68 @@ jobs:
           echo "zipSha=$(shasum -a 256 besu*.zip)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "tarSha=$(shasum -a 256 besu*.tar.gz)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: upload tarball
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
           path: 'build/distributions/besu*.tar.gz'
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
+          name: besu-${{ github.event.release.name }}.tar.gz
+          compression-level: 0
       - name: upload zipfile
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
           path: 'build/distributions/besu*.zip'
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
-      - name: Upload Release assets
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          append_body: true
-          files: |
-            build/distributions/besu*.tar.gz
-            build/distributions/besu*.zip
-          body: |
-            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
-            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
+          name: besu-${{ github.event.release.name }}.zip
+          compression-level: 0
+
   testWindows:
     runs-on: windows-2022
     needs: artifacts
     timeout-minutes: 10
-    if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     steps:
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: adopt
           java-version: 17
       - name: Download zip
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@eaceaf801fd36c7dee90939fad912460b18a1ffe
         with:
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
+          pattern: besu-*.zip
+          merge-multiple: true
       - name: test Besu
         run: |
+          dir
           unzip besu-*.zip -d besu-tmp
           cd besu-tmp
           mv besu-* ../besu
           cd ..
           besu\bin\besu.bat --help
           besu\bin\besu.bat --version
-
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: testWindows
+    steps:
+      - name: Download archives
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@eaceaf801fd36c7dee90939fad912460b18a1ffe
+        with:
+          pattern: besu-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: 'build/distributions'
+      - name: Upload Release assets
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@de2c0eb89ae2a093876385947365aca7b0e5f844
+        with:
+          append_body: true
+          files: |
+            build/distributions/besu*.tar.gz
+            build/distributions/besu*.zip
+          body: |
+            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
+            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
+  arifactoryPublish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: artifacts
+    steps:
+      - name: Artifactory Publish
+        env:
+          ARTIFACTORY_USER: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_USER }}
+          ARTIFACTORY_KEY: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN }}
+        run: ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} artifactoryPublish

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@
 name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    pull_request:
-      branches: [ main ]
-      paths-ignore:
-        - '**/*.json'
-        - '**/*.md'
-        - '**/*.properties'
-        - '**/*.txt'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
+    # expression evaluates to midnight every night
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
@@ -31,15 +28,15 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
     - name: Set up Java
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+      uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: 17
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@2f93e4319b2f04a2efc38fa7f78bd681bc3f7b2f
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -48,9 +45,11 @@ jobs:
         queries: security-and-quality,security-extended
 
     - name: setup gradle
-      uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+      with:
+        cache-disabled: true
     - name: compileJava noscan
       run: |
         JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2048M" ./gradlew --no-scan compileJava
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@2f93e4319b2f04a2efc38fa7f78bd681bc3f7b2f

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -4,31 +4,25 @@ on:
     types:
       - prereleased
 env:
-  registry: ghcr.io
+  registry: docker.io
 
 jobs:
   hadolint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: hadoLint_openj9-jdk_17
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openj9-jdk-17/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_17
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-17/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_17_debug
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-17-debug/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_latest
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_graalvm
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/graalvm/Dockerfile
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: hadoLint
+        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/Dockerfile
   buildDocker:
     needs: hadolint
     permissions:
@@ -55,37 +49,40 @@ jobs:
               echo "ARCH=arm64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             fi
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: short sha
         id: shortSha
         run: echo "sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: install goss
         run: |
           mkdir -p docker/reports
           curl -L https://github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/releases/download/v0.4.4/goss-${{ steps.prep.outputs.PLATFORM_PAIR }} -o ./docker/tests/goss-${{ steps.prep.outputs.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
+      - name: login to ${{ env.registry }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
       - name: build and test docker
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
         env:
           architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
         with:
-          arguments: testDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}
-      - name: login to ghcr
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3.0.0
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          cache-disabled: true
+          arguments: testDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}
       - name: publish
         env:
           architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
-        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}
   multiArch:
     needs: buildDocker
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -94,20 +91,33 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: login to ghcr
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3.0.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: login to ${{ env.registry }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.registry }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
       - name: multi-arch docker
-        run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}
-
+        run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}
+  amendNotes:
+    needs: multiArch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: add pull command to release notes
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@de2c0eb89ae2a093876385947365aca7b0e5f844
+        with:
+          append_body: true
+          body: |
+            `docker pull ${{env.registry}}/${{secrets.DOCKER_ORG}}/besu:${{github.event.release.name}}`

.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml

@@ -1,73 +1,40 @@
 name: integration-tests
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-  pull_request_review:
-    types:
-      - submitted
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true"
 
 jobs:
-  shouldRun:
-    name: checks to ensure we should run
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    outputs:
-      shouldRun: ${{steps.shouldRun.outputs.result}}
-    steps:
-      - name: required check
-        id: shouldRun
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
-        env:
-          # fun fact, this changes based on incoming event, it will be different when we run this on pushes to main
-          RELEVANT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { RELEVANT_SHA } = process.env;
-            const { data: { statuses } } = await github.rest.repos.getCombinedStatusForRef({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              ref: RELEVANT_SHA,
-            });
-            
-            const intTested = statuses && statuses.filter(({ context }) => context === 'integration-tests');
-            const alreadyRun = intTested && intTested.find(({ state }) => state === 'success') > 0;
-            const { data: reviews } = await github.rest.pulls.listReviews({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              pull_number: context.issue.number,
-            });
-            const approvingReviews = reviews && reviews.filter(review => review.state === 'APPROVED');
-            const shouldRun = !alreadyRun && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (approvingReviews.length > 0);
-
-              console.log("tests should be run = %j", shouldRun);
-              console.log("alreadyRun = %j", alreadyRun);
-              console.log("approvingReviews = %j", approvingReviews.length);
-
-            return shouldRun;
   integration-tests:
+    name: "integration-passed"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: shouldRun
-    if: ${{ needs.shouldRun.outputs.shouldRun == 'true' }}
     permissions:
       statuses: write
       checks: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: run integration tests
-        run: ./gradlew integrationTest compileJmh -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
-      - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
-        if: (success() || failure())
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
         with:
-          report_paths: '**/build/test-results/integrationTest/TEST-*.xml'
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: run integration tests
+        run: ./gradlew integrationTest compileJmh
 
 

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-name: nightly
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
-    # expression evaluates to midnight every night
-    - cron:  '0 0 * * *'
-
-env:
-  nightly-tag: develop
-  registry: ghcr.io
-
-jobs:
-  hadolint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 17
-      - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: hadoLint_openj9-jdk_17
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openj9-jdk-17/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_17
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-17/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_17_debug
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-17-debug/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_openjdk_latest
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile
-      - name: hadoLint_graalvm
-        run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/graalvm/Dockerfile
-  buildDocker:
-    needs: hadolint
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform:
-          - ubuntu-22.04
-          - [self-hosted, ARM64]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Prepare
-        id: prep
-        run: |
-          platform=${{ matrix.platform }}
-          if [ "$platform" = 'ubuntu-22.04' ]; then 
-            echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=linux-amd64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "ARCH=amd64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=linux-arm64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "ARCH=arm64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - name: short sha
-        id: shortSha
-        run: echo "sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 17
-      - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: build image
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-        with:
-          arguments: distDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Pbranch=main
-      - name: install goss
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p docker/reports
-          curl -L https://github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/releases/download/v0.4.4/goss-${{ steps.prep.outputs.PLATFORM_PAIR }} -o ./docker/tests/goss-${{ steps.prep.outputs.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
-      - name: test docker
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-        env:
-          architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
-        with:
-          arguments: testDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Pbranch=main
-      - name: login to ghcr
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3.0.0
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: publish
-        env:
-          architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
-        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Pbranch=main
-  multiArch:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    needs: buildDocker
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 17
-      - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3.0.0
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: multi-arch docker
-        run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ github.repository_owner }} -Pbranch=main
-

.github/workflows/parallel-unit-tests.yml

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-name: parallel-unit-tests
-#experimental work in progress - trying to figure out how to split tests across multi-modules by runtime
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
-  total-runners: 4
-jobs:
-  junit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        runner_index:
-          - 0
-          - 1
-          - 2
-          - 3
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - name: Split tests
-        id: split-tests
-        uses: chaosaffe/split-tests@v1-alpha.1
-        with:
-          glob: '**/src/test/java/**/*.java'
-          split-total: ${{ env.total-runners }}
-          split-index: ${{ matrix.runner_index }}
-          line-count: true
-      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          distribution: adopt
-          java-version: 17
-          cache: gradle
-      - name: write out test list
-        run: echo "${{ steps.split-tests.outputs.test-suite }}" >> testList.txt
-      - name: debug testfile paths
-        run: cat testList.txt
-      - name: format gradle args
-        # regex means: truncate file paths to align with package name, replacing with tests switch, then drop file extension,
-        # then swap path delimiter with package delimiter
-        run: cat testList.txt | sed -e 's/[^ ]*src\/test\/java\//--tests\ /g' -e 's/\.java//g' -e 's/\//\./g' >> gradleArgs.txt
-      - name: debug test class list
-        run: cat gradleArgs.txt
-      - name: run unit tests
-        run: ./gradlew test `cat gradleArgs.txt`
-

.github/workflows/pr-checklist-on-open.yml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: "comment on pr with checklist"
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [ opened ]
-    branches: [ main ]
-jobs:
-  checklist:
-    name: "add checklist as a comment on newly opened PRs"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-          script: |
-            github.rest.issues.createComment({
-              issue_number: context.issue.number,
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              body: '- [ ] I thought about documentation and added the `doc-change-required` label to this PR if [updates are required](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Documentation).\n- [ ] I thought about the changelog and included a [changelog update if required](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Changelog).\n- [ ] If my PR includes database changes (e.g. KeyValueSegmentIdentifier) I have thought about compatibility and performed forwards and backwards compatibility tests\n- [ ] I thought about running CI.\n- [ ] If I did not run CI, I ran as much locally as possible before pushing.\n-'
-            })

.github/workflows/pre-review.yml

@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ name: pre-review
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
 
-permissions:
-  statuses: write
-  checks: write
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true"
 
 jobs:
   repolint:
@@ -15,46 +20,57 @@ jobs:
     container: ghcr.io/todogroup/repolinter:v0.11.2
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
     - name: Lint Repo
       run: bundle exec /app/bin/repolinter.js --rulesetUrl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyperledger-labs/hyperledger-community-management-tools/main/repo_structure/repolint.json --format markdown
   gradle-wrapper:
     name: "Gradle Wrapper Validation"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1.1.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@56b90f209b02bf6d1deae490e9ef18b21a389cd4
   spotless:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: run spotless
-        run: ./gradlew spotlessCheck -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+        run: ./gradlew spotlessCheck
   compile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
     needs: [spotless, gradle-wrapper, repolint]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: Gradle Compile
-        run: ./gradlew build -x test -x spotlessCheck -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+        run: ./gradlew build -x test -x spotlessCheck
   unitTests:
     env:
         GRADLEW_UNIT_TEST_ARGS: ${{matrix.gradle_args}}
@@ -72,32 +88,62 @@ jobs:
           - "ethereum:api:testBonsai"
           - "ethereum:api:testForest"
           - "ethereum:api:testRemainder"
+          - "ethereum:eth:test"
           - "ethereum:core:test"
+        #includes will need exact strings from gradle args above
+        include:
+          - gradle_args: "test -x besu:test -x consensus:test -x crypto:test -x ethereum:eth:test -x ethereum:api:test -x ethereum:core:test"
+            filename: "everythingElse"
+          - gradle_args: "besu:test consensus:test crypto:test"
+            filename: "consensusCrypto"
+          - gradle_args: "ethereum:api:testBonsai"
+            filename: "apiBonsai"
+          - gradle_args: "ethereum:api:testRemainder"
+            filename: "apiForest"
+          - gradle_args: "ethereum:api:testRemainder"
+            filename: "apiRemainder"
+          - gradle_args: "ethereum:eth:test"
+            filename: "eth"
+          - gradle_args: "ethereum:core:test"
+            filename: "core"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: run unit tests
         id: unitTest
-        run: ./gradlew $GRADLEW_UNIT_TEST_ARGS -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
-      - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
-        if: success() || failure() # always run even if the build step fails
+        run: ./gradlew $GRADLEW_UNIT_TEST_ARGS
+      - name: Upload Unit Test Results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
-          report_paths: '**/test-results/**/TEST-*.xml'
-          annotate_only: true
-  pre-review:
+          name: unit-${{matrix.filename}}-test-results
+          path: '**/test-results/**/TEST-*.xml'
+  unittests-passed:
+    name: "unittests-passed"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [unitTests]
     permissions:
       checks: write
       statuses: write
+    if: always()
     steps:
-      - name: consolidation
-        run: echo "consolidating statuses"
+      # Fail if any `needs` job was not a success.
+      # Along with `if: always()`, this allows this job to act as a single required status check for the entire workflow.
+      - name: Fail on workflow error
+        run: exit 1
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
+            || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+            || contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped')
+          }}

.github/workflows/reference-tests.yml

@@ -1,147 +1,83 @@
 name: reference-tests
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-  pull_request_review:
-    types:
-      - submitted
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
 
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
-  total-runners: 6
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true"
+  total-runners: 10
 
-jobs:
-  shouldRun:
-    name: checks to ensure we should run
-    # necessary because there is no single PR approved event, need to check all comments/approvals/denials
-    # might also be a job running, and additional approvals
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    outputs:
-      shouldRun: ${{steps.shouldRun.outputs.result}}
-    steps:
-      - name: required check
-        id: shouldRun
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
-        env:
-          # fun fact, this changes based on incoming event, it will be different when we run this on pushes to main
-          RELEVANT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { RELEVANT_SHA } = process.env;
-            const { data: { statuses } } = await github.rest.repos.getCombinedStatusForRef({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              ref: RELEVANT_SHA,
-            });
-            
-            
-            const refTested = statuses && statuses.filter(({ context }) => context === 'reference-tests');
-            const alreadyRun = refTested && refTested.find(({ state }) => state === 'success') > 0;
-            const { data: reviews } = await github.rest.pulls.listReviews({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              pull_number: context.issue.number,
-            });
-            const approvingReviews = reviews && reviews.filter(review => review.state === 'APPROVED');
-            const shouldRun = !alreadyRun && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' &&  (approvingReviews.length > 0);
-
-              console.log("tests should be run = %j", shouldRun);
-              console.log("alreadyRun = %j", alreadyRun);
-              console.log("approvingReviews = %j", approvingReviews.length);
-
-            return shouldRun;
-
-  prepareReferenceTestEthereum:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: shouldRun
-    if: ${{ needs.shouldRun.outputs.shouldRun == 'true' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-          set-safe-directory: true
-      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 17
-      - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: execute generate reference tests
-        run: ./gradlew ethereum:referencetests:blockchainReferenceTests ethereum:referencetests:generalstateReferenceTests ethereum:referencetests:generalstateRegressionReferenceTests -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
-      - name: store generated tests
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: 'reference-tests'
-          path: 'ethereum/referencetests/build/generated/sources/reference-test/**/*.java'
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
+jobs:
   referenceTestEthereum:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       statuses: write
       checks: write
-    needs:
-      - prepareReferenceTestEthereum
-    if: ${{ needs.shouldRun.outputs.shouldRun == 'true' }}
+      packages: read
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        runner_index: [0,1,2,3,4,5]
+        runner_index: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: adopt-openj9
           java-version: 17
-      - name: retrieve generated tests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3.0.2
-        with:
-          name: 'reference-tests'
-          path: 'ethereum/referencetests/build/generated/sources/reference-test/'
-      - name: get reference test report
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          branch: main
-          name_is_regexp: true
-          name: 'reference-test-node-\d*\d-results'
-          path: tmp/ref-xml-reports-downloaded
-          if_no_artifact_found: true
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
-      - name: Split tests
-        id: split-tests
-        uses: r7kamura/split-tests-by-timings@v0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
         with:
-          reports: tmp/ref-xml-reports-downloaded
-          glob: 'ethereum/referencetests/build/generated/sources/reference-test/**/*.java'
-          total: ${{env.total-runners}}
-          index: ${{ matrix.runner_index }}
+          cache-disabled: true
+      - name: execute generate reference tests
+        run: ./gradlew ethereum:referencetests:blockchainReferenceTests ethereum:referencetests:generalstateReferenceTests ethereum:referencetests:generalstateRegressionReferenceTests -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+      - name: list test files generated
+        run: find ethereum/referencetests/build/generated/sources/reference-test -name "*.java" | sort >> filenames.txt
+      - name: Split tests
+        run: ./.github/workflows/splitList.sh filenames.txt ${{env.total-runners}}
+      - name: echo test file count
+        run: cat group_${{matrix.runner_index}}.txt | wc
+      - name: convert to test suite classnames
+        run: cat group_${{matrix.runner_index}}.txt | sed -e 's/^.*java\///' -e 's@/@.@g' -e 's/\.java//' -e 's/^/--tests /' > testClasses.txt
       - name: compose gradle args
-        run: echo ${{ steps.split-tests.outputs.paths }} | sed -e 's/^.*java\///' -e 's@/@.@g' -e 's/\.java//' -e 's/^/--tests /' > refTestArgs.txt
+        run: tr '\n' ' ' < testClasses.txt > refTestArgs.txt
+      - name: refTestArgs.txt
+        run: cat refTestArgs.txt
       - name: run reference tests
-        run: ./gradlew ethereum:referenceTests:referenceTests `cat refTestArgs.txt` -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+        run: ./gradlew ethereum:referenceTests:referenceTests `cat refTestArgs.txt`
       - name: Upload Test Report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         if: always() # always run even if the previous step fails
         with:
           name: reference-test-node-${{matrix.runner_index}}-results
           path: '**/build/test-results/referenceTests/TEST-*.xml'
-      - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
-        if: success() || failure() # always run even if the build step fails
-        with:
-          report_paths: '**/build/test-results/referenceTest/TEST-*.xml'
-  reference-tests:
+  reftests-passed:
+    name: "reftests-passed"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [ referenceTestEthereum ]
     permissions:
       checks: write
       statuses: write
+    if: always()
     steps:
-      - name: consolidation
-        run: echo "consolidating statuses"
-
+      # Fail if any `needs` job was not a success.
+      # Along with `if: always()`, this allows this job to act as a single required status check for the entire workflow.
+      - name: Fail on workflow error
+        run: exit 1
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
+            || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+            || contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped')
+          }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
 name: release besu
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [released]
+env:
+  registry: docker.io
 jobs:
   dockerPromoteX64:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
           java-version: '17'
           cache: gradle
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        run: echo '${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}' | docker login -u '${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}' --password-stdin
+      - name: login to ${{ env.registry }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.registry }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: Docker upload
-        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" dockerUploadRelease
+        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" dockerUploadRelease
       - name: Docker manifest
-        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" manifestDockerRelease
+        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" manifestDockerRelease

.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml

@@ -16,24 +16,26 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
       - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@e12d46a63a90f2fae62d114769bbf2a179198b5c
         with:
           path: ~/.sonar/cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
       - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.12.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true
       - name: Build and analyze
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Needed to get PR information, if any
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-          SONAR_ORGANIZATION: ${{ env.SONAR_ORGANIZATION }}
-          SONAR_PROJECT_KEY: $ {{ env.SONAR_PROJECT_KEY }}
+          SONAR_ORGANIZATION: ${{ vars.SONAR_ORGANIZATION }}
+          SONAR_PROJECT_KEY: ${{ vars.SONAR_PROJECT_KEY }}
         run: ./gradlew build sonarqube --continue --info -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,16 +1,77 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 24.1.2-SNAPSHOT
+## Next Release
 
 ### Breaking Changes
-- Following the OpenMetrics convention, the updated Prometheus client adds the `_total` suffix to every metrics of type counter, with the effect that some existing metrics have been renamed to have this suffix. If you are using the official Besu Grafana dashboard [(available here)](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/16455-besu-full/), just update it to the latest revision, that accepts the old and the new name of the affected metrics. If you have a custom dashboards or use the metrics in other ways, then you need to manually update it to support the new naming.
+- RocksDB database metadata format has changed to be more expressive, the migration of an existing metadata file to the new format is automatic at startup. Before performing a downgrade to a previous version it is mandatory to revert to the original format using the subcommand `besu --data-path=/path/to/besu/datadir storage revert-metadata v2-to-v1`.
+- BFT networks won't start with SNAP or CHECKPOINT sync (previously Besu would start with this config but quietly fail to sync, so it's now more obvious that it won't work) [#6625](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6625), [#6667](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6667)
+- Forest pruning has been removed, it was deprecated since 24.1.0. In case you are still using it you must now remove any of the following options: `pruning-enabled`, `pruning-blocks-retained` and `pruning-block-confirmations`, from your configuration, and you may want to consider switching to Bonsai.  
+
+### Upcoming Breaking Changes
+- Receipt compaction will be enabled by default in a future version of Besu. After this change it will not be possible to downgrade to the previous Besu version.
+
+### Deprecations
+
+### Additions and Improvements
+- Update "host allow list" logic to transition from deprecated `host()` method to suggested `authority()` method.[#6878](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/6878)
+- `txpool_besuPendingTransactions`change parameter `numResults` to optional parameter [#6708](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6708)
+- Extend `Blockchain` service [#6592](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6592)
+- Add bft-style `blockperiodseconds` transitions to Clique [#6596](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6596)
+- Add `createemptyblocks` transitions to Clique [#6608](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6608)
+- RocksDB database metadata refactoring [#6555](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6555)
+- Make layered txpool aware of `minGasPrice` and `minPriorityFeePerGas` dynamic options [#6611](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6611)
+- Update commons-compress to 1.26.0 [#6648](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6648)
+- Update Vert.x to 4.5.4 [#6666](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6666)
+- Refactor and extend `TransactionPoolValidatorService` [#6636](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6636)
+- Introduce `TransactionSimulationService` [#6686](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6686)
+- Transaction call object to accept both `input` and `data` field simultaneously if they are set to equal values [#6702](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6702)
+- `eth_call` for blob tx allows for empty `maxFeePerBlobGas` [#6731](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6731)
+- Extend error handling of plugin RPC methods [#6759](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6759)
+- Added engine_newPayloadV4 and engine_getPayloadV4 methods [#6783](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6783)
+- Reduce storage size of receipts [#6602](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6602)
+- Dedicated log marker for invalid txs removed from the txpool [#6826](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6826)
+- Prevent startup with BONSAI and privacy enabled [#6809](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6809)
+- Remove deprecated Forest pruning [#6810](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6810)
+- Experimental Snap Sync Server [#6640](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6640)
+- Upgrade Reference Tests to 13.2 [#6854](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6854)
+- Update Web3j dependencies [#6811](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6811)
+- Add `tx-pool-blob-price-bump` option to configure the price bump percentage required to replace blob transactions (by default 100%) [#6874](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6874)
+
+### Bug fixes
+- Fix txpool dump/restore race condition [#6665](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6665)
+- Make block transaction selection max time aware of PoA transitions [#6676](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6676)
+- Don't enable the BFT mining coordinator when running sub commands such as `blocks export` [#6675](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6675)
+- In JSON-RPC return optional `v` fields for type 1 and type 2 transactions [#6762](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6762)
+- Fix Shanghai/QBFT block import bug when syncing new nodes [#6765](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6765)
+- Fix to avoid broadcasting full blob txs, instead of only the tx announcement, to a subset of nodes [#6835](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6835)
+- Snap client fixes discovered during snap server testing [#6847](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6847)
+- Correctly initialize the txpool as disabled on creation [#6890](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6890)
+
+### Download Links
+
+## 24.3.0
+
+### Breaking Changes
+- SNAP - Snap sync is now the default for named networks [#6530](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6530)
+  - if you want to use the previous default behavior, you'll need to specify `--sync-mode=FAST`
+- BONSAI - Default data storage format is now Bonsai [#6536](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6536)
+  - if you had previously used the default (FOREST), at startup you will get an error indicating the mismatch
+    `Mismatch: DB at '/your-path' is FOREST (Version 1) but config expects BONSAI (Version 2). Please check your config.`
+  - to fix this mismatch, specify the format explicitly using `--data-storage-format=FOREST`
+- Following the OpenMetrics convention, the updated Prometheus client adds the `_total` suffix to every metrics of type counter, with the effect that some existing metrics have been renamed to have this suffix. If you are using the official Besu Grafana dashboard [(available here)](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/16455-besu-full/), just update it to the latest revision, that accepts the old and the new name of the affected metrics. If you have a custom dashboard or use the metrics in other ways, then you need to manually update it to support the new naming.
 - The `trace-filter` method in JSON-RPC API now has a default block range limit of 1000, adjustable with `--rpc-max-trace-filter-range` (thanks @alyokaz) [#6446](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6446)
 - Requesting the Ethereum Node Record (ENR) to acquire the fork id from bonded peers is now enabled by default, so the following change has been made [#5628](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5628):
 - `--Xfilter-on-enr-fork-id` has been removed. To disable the feature use `--filter-on-enr-fork-id=false`.
 - `--engine-jwt-enabled` has been removed. Use `--engine-jwt-disabled` instead. [#6491](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6491)
-
+- Release docker images now provided at ghcr.io instead of dockerhub
 
 ### Deprecations
+- X_SNAP and X_CHECKPOINT are marked for deprecation and will be removed in 24.6.0 in favor of SNAP and CHECKPOINT [#6405](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6405)
+- `--Xp2p-peer-lower-bound` is deprecated. [#6501](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6501)
+
+### Upcoming Breaking Changes
+- `--Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` will be removed. You will need to use `--bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` instead. Additionally, this limit will change to be enabled by default.
+  - If you do not want the limit enabled (eg you have `--bonsai-historical-block-limit` set < 512), you need to explicitly disable it using `--bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled=false` or increase the limit. [#6561](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6561)
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
 - Upgrade Prometheus and Opentelemetry dependencies [#6422](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6422)
@@ -19,16 +80,50 @@
 - Log blob count when importing a block via Engine API [#6466](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6466)
 - Introduce `--Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` experimental feature which by default will only retain the latest 512 trie logs, saving about 3GB per week in database growth [#5390](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/5390)
 - Introduce `besu storage x-trie-log prune` experimental offline subcommand which will prune all redundant trie logs except the latest 512 [#6303](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6303)
+- Improve flat trace generation performance [#6472](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6472)
+- SNAP and CHECKPOINT sync - early access flag removed so now simply SNAP and CHECKPOINT [#6405](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6405)
+- X_SNAP and X_CHECKPOINT are marked for deprecation and will be removed in 24.4.0
 - Github Actions based build.
 - Introduce caching mechanism to optimize Keccak hash calculations for account storage slots during block processing [#6452](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6452)
 - Added configuration options for `pragueTime` to genesis file for Prague fork development [#6473](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6473)
 - Moving trielog storage to RocksDB's blobdb to improve write amplications [#6289](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6289)
+- Support for `shanghaiTime` fork and Shanghai EVM smart contracts in QBFT/IBFT chains [#6353](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6353)
+- Change ExecutionHaltReason for contract creation collision case to return ILLEGAL_STATE_CHANGE [#6518](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6518) 
+- Experimental feature `--Xbonsai-code-using-code-hash-enabled` for storing Bonsai code storage by code hash [#6505](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6505)
+- More accurate column size `storage rocksdb usage` subcommand [#6540](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6540)
+- Adds `storage rocksdb x-stats` subcommand [#6540](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6540)
+- New `eth_blobBaseFee`JSON-RPC method [#6581](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6581)
+- Add blob transaction support to `eth_call` [#6661](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6661)
+- Add blobs to `eth_feeHistory` [#6679](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6679)
+- Upgrade reference tests to version 13.1 [#6574](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6574)
+- Extend `BesuConfiguration` service [#6584](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6584)
+- Add `ethereum_min_gas_price` and `ethereum_min_priority_fee` metrics to track runtime values of `min-gas-price` and `min-priority-fee` [#6587](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6587)
+- Option to perform version incompatibility checks when starting Besu. In this first release of the feature, if `--version-compatibility-protection` is set to true it checks that the version of Besu being started is the same or higher than the previous version. [6307](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6307)
+- Moved account frame warming from GasCalculator into the Call operations [#6557](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6557)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix the way an advertised host configured with `--p2p-host` is treated when communicating with the originator of a PING packet [#6225](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6225)
 - Fix `poa-block-txs-selection-max-time` option that was inadvertently reset to its default after being configured [#6444](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6444)
+- Fix for tx incorrectly discarded when there is a timeout during block creation [#6563](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6563)
+- Fix traces so that call gas costing in traces matches other clients traces [#6525](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6525)
+
+### Download Links
+https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/tag/24.3.0
+https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/download/24.3.0/besu-24.3.0.tar.gz / sha256 8037ce51bb5bb396d29717a812ea7ff577b0d6aa341d67d1e5b77cbc55b15f84
+https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/download/24.3.0/besu-24.3.0.zip / sha256 41ea2ca734a3b377f43ee178166b5b809827084789378dbbe4e5b52bbd8e0674
+
+## 24.1.2
+
+### Bug fixes
+- Fix ETC Spiral upgrade breach of consensus [#6524](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6524)
+
+### Additions and Improvements
+- Adds timestamp to enable Cancun upgrade on mainnet [#6545](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6545)
+- Github Actions based build.[#6427](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6427)
 
 ### Download Links
+https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/24.1.2/besu-24.1.2.zip / sha256 9033f300edd81c770d3aff27a29f59dd4b6142a113936886a8f170718e412971
+https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/24.1.2/besu-24.1.2.tar.gz / sha256 082db8cf4fb67527aa0dd757e5d254b3b497f5027c23287f9c0a74a6a743bf08
 
 ## 24.1.1
 
@@ -36,7 +131,7 @@
 - New `EXECUTION_HALTED` error returned if there is an error executing or simulating a transaction, with the reason for execution being halted. Replaces the generic `INTERNAL_ERROR` return code in certain cases which some applications may be checking for [#6343](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6343)
 - The Besu Docker images with `openjdk-latest` tags since 23.10.3 were incorrectly using UID 1001 instead of 1000 for the container's `besu` user. The user now uses 1000 again. Containers created from or migrated to images using UID 1001 will need to chown their persistent database files to UID 1000 (thanks @h4l) [#6360](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6360)
 - The deprecated `--privacy-onchain-groups-enabled` option has now been removed. Use the `--privacy-flexible-groups-enabled` option instead. [#6411](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6411)
-- The time that can be spent selecting transactions during block creation is not capped at 5 seconds for PoS and PoW networks, and for PoA networks, at 75% of the block period specified in the genesis. This is to prevent possible DoS attacks in case a single transaction is taking too long to execute, and to have a stable block production rate. This could be a breaking change if an existing network needs to accept transactions that take more time to executed than the newly introduced limit. If it is mandatory for these networks to keep processing these long processing transaction, then the default value of `block-txs-selection-max-time` or `poa-block-txs-selection-max-time` needs to be tuned accordingly. [#6423](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6423)
+- The time that can be spent selecting transactions during block creation is not capped at 5 seconds for PoS and PoW networks, and for PoA networks, at 75% of the block period specified in the genesis. This is to prevent possible DoS attacks in case a single transaction is taking too long to execute, and to have a stable block production rate. This could be a breaking change if an existing network needs to accept transactions that take more time to execute than the newly introduced limit. If it is mandatory for these networks to keep processing these long processing transaction, then the default value of `block-txs-selection-max-time` or `poa-block-txs-selection-max-time` needs to be tuned accordingly. [#6423](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6423)
 
 ### Deprecations
 
@@ -85,6 +180,7 @@ https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/24.1.1/besu-24.1.1.t
 - Add custom genesis file name to config overview if specified [#6297](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6297)
 - Update Gradle plugins and replace unmaintained License Gradle Plugin with the actively maintained Gradle License Report [#6275](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6275)
 - Optimize RocksDB WAL files, allows for faster restart and a more linear disk space utilization [#6328](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6328)
+- Add a cache on senders by transaction hash [#6375](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6375)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Hotfix for selfdestruct preimages on bonsai [#6359]((https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6359)
@@ -2249,7 +2345,7 @@ Workaround - Limit the number of blocks queried by each `eth_getLogs` call.
 - Implemented private contract log filters including JSON-RPC methods to interact with private filters. [\#735](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/735)
 - Implemented EIP-2315: Simple Subroutines for the EVM [\#717](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/717)
 - Implemented Splunk logging. [\#725](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/725)
-- Implemented optional native library encryption. [\#675](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/675).  To enable add `--Xsecp256k1-native-enabled` (for transaciton signatures) and/or `--Xaltbn128-native-enabled` (for altbn128 precomiled contracts) as command line options.
+- Implemented optional native library encryption. [\#675](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/675).  To enable add `--Xsecp256k1-native-enabled` (for transaction signatures) and/or `--Xaltbn128-native-enabled` (for altbn128 precomiled contracts) as command line options.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -2431,7 +2527,7 @@ Early access features are available features that are not recommended for produc
 have unstable interfaces.
 
 * [Onchain privacy groups](https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/Concepts/Privacy/Onchain-PrivacyGroups/) with add and remove members.
-  Not being able to to re-add a member to an onchain privacy group is a [known issue](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/455)
+  Not being able to re-add a member to an onchain privacy group is a [known issue](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/455)
   with the add and remove functionality.
 
 ### Known Issues

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/AcceptanceTestBase.java

@@ -56,15 +56,12 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
-import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-/**
- * Superclass for acceptance tests. For now (transition to junit5 is ongoing) this class supports
- * junit4 format.
- */
+/** Superclass for acceptance tests. */
 @ExtendWith(AcceptanceTestBaseTestWatcher.class)
 public class AcceptanceTestBase {
 
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ public class AcceptanceTestBase {
     exitedSuccessfully = new ExitedWithCode(0);
   }
 
-  @After
+  @AfterEach
   public void tearDownAcceptanceTestBase() {
     reportMemory();
     cluster.close();

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/BlockUtils.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class BlockUtils {
         null,
         null,
         null,
+        null,
         blockHeaderFunctions);
   }
 }

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/BesuNode.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.condition.Condition;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
   private final WebSocketConfiguration webSocketConfiguration;
   private final JsonRpcIpcConfiguration jsonRpcIpcConfiguration;
   private final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration;
+  private final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration;
   private final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration;
   private final GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider;
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
       final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration,
       final Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration,
       final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
       final Optional<String> keyfilePath,
       final boolean devMode,
       final NetworkName network,
@@ -195,6 +199,7 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
     this.metricsConfiguration = metricsConfiguration;
     this.permissioningConfiguration = permissioningConfiguration;
     this.apiConfiguration = apiConfiguration;
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
     this.genesisConfigProvider = genesisConfigProvider;
     this.devMode = devMode;
     this.network = network;
@@ -427,11 +432,14 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
           getGenesisConfig()
               .map(
                   gc ->
-                      gc.toLowerCase().contains("ibft") ? ConsensusType.IBFT2 : ConsensusType.QBFT)
+                      gc.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("ibft")
+                          ? ConsensusType.IBFT2
+                          : ConsensusType.QBFT)
               .orElse(ConsensusType.IBFT2);
 
       nodeRequests =
           new NodeRequests(
+              web3jService,
               new JsonRpc2_0Web3j(web3jService, 2000, Async.defaultExecutorService()),
               new CliqueRequestFactory(web3jService),
               new BftRequestFactory(web3jService, bftType),
@@ -690,6 +698,10 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
     this.privacyParameters = privacyParameters;
   }
 
+  public DataStorageConfiguration getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    return dataStorageConfiguration;
+  }
+
   public boolean isDevMode() {
     return devMode;
   }
@@ -777,6 +789,21 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
       nodeRequests.shutdown();
       nodeRequests = null;
     }
+
+    deleteRuntimeFiles();
+  }
+
+  private void deleteRuntimeFiles() {
+    try {
+      Files.deleteIfExists(homeDirectory.resolve("besu.networks"));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error("Failed to clean up besu.networks file in {}", homeDirectory, e);
+    }
+    try {
+      Files.deleteIfExists(homeDirectory.resolve("besu.ports"));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error("Failed to clean up besu.ports file in {}", homeDirectory, e);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ProcessBesuNodeRunner.java

@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.TransactionPoolOptions;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable.DataStorageOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.unstable.NetworkingOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.ipc.JsonRpcIpcConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.StaticNodesUtils;
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.slf4j.MDC;
@@ -74,8 +78,15 @@ public class ProcessBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
 
     final Path dataDir = node.homeDirectory();
 
+    final var workingDir =
+        new File(System.getProperty("user.dir")).getParentFile().getParentFile().toPath();
+
     final List<String> params = new ArrayList<>();
-    params.add("build/install/besu/bin/besu");
+    if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS) {
+      params.add(workingDir.resolve("build\\install\\besu\\bin\\besu.bat").toString());
+    } else {
+      params.add("build/install/besu/bin/besu");
+    }
 
     params.add("--data-path");
     params.add(dataDir.toAbsolutePath().toString());
@@ -109,6 +120,13 @@ public class ProcessBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
                     .build())
             .getCLIOptions());
 
+    params.addAll(
+        DataStorageOptions.fromConfig(
+                ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration.builder()
+                    .from(DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG)
+                    .build())
+            .getCLIOptions());
+
     if (node.getMiningParameters().isMiningEnabled()) {
       params.add("--miner-enabled");
       params.add("--miner-coinbase");
@@ -412,15 +430,13 @@ public class ProcessBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
     LOG.info("Creating besu process with params {}", params);
     final ProcessBuilder processBuilder =
         new ProcessBuilder(params)
-            .directory(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir")).getParentFile().getParentFile())
+            .directory(workingDir.toFile())
             .redirectErrorStream(true)
             .redirectInput(Redirect.INHERIT);
     if (!node.getPlugins().isEmpty()) {
       processBuilder
           .environment()
-          .put(
-              "BESU_OPTS",
-              "-Dbesu.plugins.dir=" + dataDir.resolve("plugins").toAbsolutePath().toString());
+          .put("BESU_OPTS", "-Dbesu.plugins.dir=" + dataDir.resolve("plugins").toAbsolutePath());
     }
     // Use non-blocking randomness for acceptance tests
     processBuilder
@@ -562,7 +578,7 @@ public class ProcessBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
 
     LOG.info("Killing {} process, pid {}", name, process.pid());
 
-    process.destroy();
+    process.descendants().forEach(ProcessHandle::destroy);
     try {
       process.waitFor(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     } catch (final InterruptedException e) {

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.crypto.KeyPairUtil;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cryptoservices.KeyPairSecurityModule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cryptoservices.NodeKey;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.GasLimitCalculator;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.ApiConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.graphql.GraphQLConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.ImmutableMiningParameters;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.EthProtocolConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.sync.SynchronizerConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration;
@@ -36,31 +38,38 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.EnodeURLImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.transaction.TransactionSimulator;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.MetricsSystemFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.ObservableMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.data.EnodeURL;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuEvents;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BlockchainService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PermissioningService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PluginTransactionValidatorService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PrivacyPluginService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.RpcEndpointService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.SecurityModuleService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.StorageService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionPoolValidatorService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSelectionService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSimulationService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.rocksdb.RocksDBPlugin;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txvalidator.PluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuConfigurationImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuEventsImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BlockchainServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PermissioningServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PicoCLIOptionsImpl;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PrivacyPluginServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.RpcEndpointServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.SecurityModuleServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.StorageServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionSelectionServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionSimulationServiceImpl;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -70,7 +79,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -93,17 +101,28 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
       final BesuNode node,
       final StorageServiceImpl storageService,
       final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService,
-      final BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration) {
+      final TransactionSimulationServiceImpl transactionSimulationServiceImpl,
+      final TransactionSelectionServiceImpl transactionSelectionServiceImpl,
+      final TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl,
+      final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl,
+      final RpcEndpointServiceImpl rpcEndpointServiceImpl,
+      final BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration,
+      final PermissioningServiceImpl permissioningService) {
     final CommandLine commandLine = new CommandLine(CommandSpec.create());
     final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext = new BesuPluginContextImpl();
     besuPluginContext.addService(StorageService.class, storageService);
     besuPluginContext.addService(SecurityModuleService.class, securityModuleService);
     besuPluginContext.addService(PicoCLIOptions.class, new PicoCLIOptionsImpl(commandLine));
-    besuPluginContext.addService(RpcEndpointService.class, new RpcEndpointServiceImpl());
+    besuPluginContext.addService(RpcEndpointService.class, rpcEndpointServiceImpl);
     besuPluginContext.addService(
-        TransactionSelectionService.class, new TransactionSelectionServiceImpl());
+        TransactionSelectionService.class, transactionSelectionServiceImpl);
     besuPluginContext.addService(
-        PluginTransactionValidatorService.class, new PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl());
+        TransactionPoolValidatorService.class, transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(
+        TransactionSimulationService.class, transactionSimulationServiceImpl);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(BlockchainService.class, blockchainServiceImpl);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, commonPluginConfiguration);
+
     final Path pluginsPath;
     final String pluginDir = System.getProperty("besu.plugins.dir");
     if (pluginDir == null || pluginDir.isEmpty()) {
@@ -117,15 +136,16 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
     } else {
       pluginsPath = Path.of(pluginDir);
     }
-    besuPluginContext.registerPlugins(pluginsPath);
-
-    commandLine.parseArgs(node.getConfiguration().getExtraCLIOptions().toArray(new String[0]));
 
     besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, commonPluginConfiguration);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(PermissioningService.class, permissioningService);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(PrivacyPluginService.class, new PrivacyPluginServiceImpl());
+
+    besuPluginContext.registerPlugins(pluginsPath);
+    commandLine.parseArgs(node.getConfiguration().getExtraCLIOptions().toArray(new String[0]));
 
     // register built-in plugins
     new RocksDBPlugin().register(besuPluginContext);
-
     return besuPluginContext;
   }
 
@@ -143,15 +163,43 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
 
     final StorageServiceImpl storageService = new StorageServiceImpl();
     final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService = new SecurityModuleServiceImpl();
+    final TransactionSimulationServiceImpl transactionSimulationServiceImpl =
+        new TransactionSimulationServiceImpl();
+    final TransactionSelectionServiceImpl transactionSelectionServiceImpl =
+        new TransactionSelectionServiceImpl();
+    final TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl =
+        new TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl();
+    final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl = new BlockchainServiceImpl();
+    final RpcEndpointServiceImpl rpcEndpointServiceImpl = new RpcEndpointServiceImpl();
     final Path dataDir = node.homeDirectory();
-    final BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration =
-        new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dataDir.resolve(DATABASE_PATH));
+    final BesuConfigurationImpl commonPluginConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    final PermissioningServiceImpl permissioningService = new PermissioningServiceImpl();
+
+    final var miningParameters =
+        ImmutableMiningParameters.builder()
+            .from(node.getMiningParameters())
+            .transactionSelectionService(transactionSelectionServiceImpl)
+            .build();
+    commonPluginConfiguration.init(
+        dataDir,
+        dataDir.resolve(DATABASE_PATH),
+        node.getDataStorageConfiguration(),
+        miningParameters);
     final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext =
         besuPluginContextMap.computeIfAbsent(
             node,
             n ->
                 buildPluginContext(
-                    node, storageService, securityModuleService, commonPluginConfiguration));
+                    node,
+                    storageService,
+                    securityModuleService,
+                    transactionSimulationServiceImpl,
+                    transactionSelectionServiceImpl,
+                    transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl,
+                    blockchainServiceImpl,
+                    rpcEndpointServiceImpl,
+                    commonPluginConfiguration,
+                    permissioningService));
 
     GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
     final ObservableMetricsSystem metricsSystem =
@@ -184,23 +232,20 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
         ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration.builder()
             .from(node.getTransactionPoolConfiguration())
             .strictTransactionReplayProtectionEnabled(node.isStrictTxReplayProtectionEnabled())
+            .transactionPoolValidatorService(transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl)
             .build();
 
     final int maxPeers = 25;
 
-    final Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> transactionSelectorFactory =
-        getTransactionSelectorFactory(besuPluginContext);
-
-    final PluginTransactionValidatorFactory pluginTransactionValidatorFactory =
-        getPluginTransactionValidatorFactory(besuPluginContext);
     builder
         .synchronizerConfiguration(new SynchronizerConfiguration.Builder().build())
         .dataDirectory(node.homeDirectory())
-        .miningParameters(node.getMiningParameters())
+        .miningParameters(miningParameters)
         .privacyParameters(node.getPrivacyParameters())
         .nodeKey(new NodeKey(new KeyPairSecurityModule(KeyPairUtil.loadKeyPair(dataDir))))
         .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
         .transactionPoolConfiguration(txPoolConfig)
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG)
         .ethProtocolConfiguration(EthProtocolConfiguration.defaultConfig())
         .clock(Clock.systemUTC())
         .isRevertReasonEnabled(node.isRevertReasonEnabled())
@@ -211,12 +256,9 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
                 .map(pkiConfig -> new PkiBlockCreationConfigurationProvider().load(pkiConfig)))
         .evmConfiguration(EvmConfiguration.DEFAULT)
         .maxPeers(maxPeers)
-        .lowerBoundPeers(maxPeers)
         .maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers(15)
         .networkConfiguration(node.getNetworkingConfiguration())
-        .randomPeerPriority(false)
-        .transactionSelectorFactory(transactionSelectorFactory)
-        .pluginTransactionValidatorFactory(pluginTransactionValidatorFactory);
+        .randomPeerPriority(false);
 
     node.getGenesisConfig()
         .map(GenesisConfigFile::fromConfig)
@@ -224,6 +266,10 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
 
     final BesuController besuController = builder.build();
 
+    initTransactionSimulationService(
+        transactionSimulationServiceImpl, besuController, node.getApiConfiguration());
+    initBlockchainService(blockchainServiceImpl, besuController);
+
     final RunnerBuilder runnerBuilder = new RunnerBuilder();
     runnerBuilder.permissioningConfiguration(node.getPermissioningConfiguration());
     runnerBuilder.apiConfiguration(node.getApiConfiguration());
@@ -241,7 +287,7 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
         .jsonRpcIpcConfiguration(node.jsonRpcIpcConfiguration())
         .dataDir(node.homeDirectory())
         .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
-        .permissioningService(new PermissioningServiceImpl())
+        .permissioningService(permissioningService)
         .metricsConfiguration(node.getMetricsConfiguration())
         .p2pEnabled(node.isP2pEnabled())
         .p2pTLSConfiguration(node.getTLSConfiguration())
@@ -250,15 +296,14 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
             node.getStaticNodes().stream()
                 .map(EnodeURLImpl::fromString)
                 .collect(Collectors.toList()))
-        .besuPluginContext(new BesuPluginContextImpl())
+        .besuPluginContext(besuPluginContext)
         .autoLogBloomCaching(false)
         .storageProvider(storageProvider)
-        .rpcEndpointService(new RpcEndpointServiceImpl());
+        .rpcEndpointService(rpcEndpointServiceImpl);
     node.engineRpcConfiguration().ifPresent(runnerBuilder::engineJsonRpcConfiguration);
 
-    final Runner runner = runnerBuilder.build();
-
     besuPluginContext.beforeExternalServices();
+    final Runner runner = runnerBuilder.build();
 
     runner.startExternalServices();
 
@@ -277,6 +322,25 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
     MDC.remove("node");
   }
 
+  private void initBlockchainService(
+      final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl, final BesuController besuController) {
+    blockchainServiceImpl.init(
+        besuController.getProtocolContext(), besuController.getProtocolSchedule());
+  }
+
+  private void initTransactionSimulationService(
+      final TransactionSimulationServiceImpl transactionSimulationService,
+      final BesuController besuController,
+      final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration) {
+    transactionSimulationService.init(
+        besuController.getProtocolContext().getBlockchain(),
+        new TransactionSimulator(
+            besuController.getProtocolContext().getBlockchain(),
+            besuController.getProtocolContext().getWorldStateArchive(),
+            besuController.getProtocolSchedule(),
+            apiConfiguration.getGasCap()));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void stopNode(final BesuNode node) {
     final BesuPluginContextImpl pluginContext = besuPluginContextMap.remove(node);
@@ -326,18 +390,4 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
   public String getConsoleContents() {
     throw new RuntimeException("Console contents can only be captured in process execution");
   }
-
-  private Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> getTransactionSelectorFactory(
-      final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext) {
-    final Optional<TransactionSelectionService> txSelectionService =
-        besuPluginContext.getService(TransactionSelectionService.class);
-    return txSelectionService.isPresent() ? txSelectionService.get().get() : Optional.empty();
-  }
-
-  private PluginTransactionValidatorFactory getPluginTransactionValidatorFactory(
-      final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext) {
-    final Optional<PluginTransactionValidatorService> txValidatorService =
-        besuPluginContext.getService(PluginTransactionValidatorService.class);
-    return txValidatorService.map(PluginTransactionValidatorService::get).orElse(null);
-  }
 }

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfiguration.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.genesis.GenesisConfigurationProvider;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
   private final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration;
   private final Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration;
   private final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration;
+  private final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
   private final Optional<String> keyFilePath;
   private final boolean devMode;
   private final GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
       final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration,
       final Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration,
       final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
       final Optional<String> keyFilePath,
       final boolean devMode,
       final NetworkName network,
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
     this.metricsConfiguration = metricsConfiguration;
     this.permissioningConfiguration = permissioningConfiguration;
     this.apiConfiguration = apiConfiguration;
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
     this.keyFilePath = keyFilePath;
     this.dataPath = dataPath;
     this.devMode = devMode;
@@ -183,6 +187,10 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
     return apiConfiguration;
   }
 
+  public DataStorageConfiguration getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    return dataStorageConfiguration;
+  }
+
   public Optional<String> getKeyFilePath() {
     return keyFilePath;
   }

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.genesis.GenesisConfigurationProvider;
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
   private MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration = MetricsConfiguration.builder().build();
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration = Optional.empty();
   private ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration = ImmutableApiConfiguration.builder().build();
+  private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration =
+      DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
   private String keyFilePath = null;
   private boolean devMode = true;
   private GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider = ignore -> Optional.empty();
@@ -506,6 +509,12 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder dataStorageConfiguration(
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration) {
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public BesuNodeConfiguration build() {
     return new BesuNodeConfiguration(
         name,
@@ -519,6 +528,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
         metricsConfiguration,
         permissioningConfiguration,
         apiConfiguration,
+        dataStorageConfiguration,
         Optional.ofNullable(keyFilePath),
         devMode,
         network,

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeFactory.java

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public class BesuNodeFactory {
         config.getMetricsConfiguration(),
         config.getPermissioningConfiguration(),
         config.getApiConfiguration(),
+        config.getDataStorageConfiguration(),
         config.getKeyFilePath(),
         config.isDevMode(),
         config.getNetwork(),
@@ -375,17 +377,27 @@ public class BesuNodeFactory {
 
   public BesuNode createCliqueNode(final String name, final CliqueOptions cliqueOptions)
       throws IOException {
-    return createCliqueNodeWithExtraCliOptions(name, cliqueOptions, List.of());
+    return createCliqueNodeWithExtraCliOptionsAndRpcApis(name, cliqueOptions, List.of());
   }
 
-  public BesuNode createCliqueNodeWithExtraCliOptions(
+  public BesuNode createCliqueNodeWithExtraCliOptionsAndRpcApis(
       final String name, final CliqueOptions cliqueOptions, final List<String> extraCliOptions)
       throws IOException {
+    return createCliqueNodeWithExtraCliOptionsAndRpcApis(
+        name, cliqueOptions, extraCliOptions, Set.of());
+  }
+
+  public BesuNode createCliqueNodeWithExtraCliOptionsAndRpcApis(
+      final String name,
+      final CliqueOptions cliqueOptions,
+      final List<String> extraCliOptions,
+      final Set<String> extraRpcApis)
+      throws IOException {
     return create(
         new BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder()
             .name(name)
             .miningEnabled()
-            .jsonRpcConfiguration(node.createJsonRpcWithCliqueEnabledConfig())
+            .jsonRpcConfiguration(node.createJsonRpcWithCliqueEnabledConfig(extraRpcApis))
             .webSocketConfiguration(node.createWebSocketEnabledConfig())
             .devMode(false)
             .jsonRpcTxPool()
@@ -583,7 +595,7 @@ public class BesuNodeFactory {
         new BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder()
             .name(name)
             .miningEnabled()
-            .jsonRpcConfiguration(node.createJsonRpcWithCliqueEnabledConfig())
+            .jsonRpcConfiguration(node.createJsonRpcWithCliqueEnabledConfig(Set.of()))
             .webSocketConfiguration(node.createWebSocketEnabledConfig())
             .jsonRpcTxPool()
             .devMode(false)

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/NodeConfigurationFactory.java

@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.genesis.Gene
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 public class NodeConfigurationFactory {
 
@@ -44,8 +46,10 @@ public class NodeConfigurationFactory {
     return genesisConfigProvider.create(nodes);
   }
 
-  public JsonRpcConfiguration createJsonRpcWithCliqueEnabledConfig() {
-    return createJsonRpcWithRpcApiEnabledConfig(CLIQUE.name());
+  public JsonRpcConfiguration createJsonRpcWithCliqueEnabledConfig(final Set<String> extraRpcApis) {
+    final var enabledApis = new HashSet<>(extraRpcApis);
+    enabledApis.add(CLIQUE.name());
+    return createJsonRpcWithRpcApiEnabledConfig(enabledApis.toArray(String[]::new));
   }
 
   public JsonRpcConfiguration createJsonRpcWithIbft2EnabledConfig(final boolean minerEnabled) {

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/privacy/PrivacyNode.java

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
   private final boolean isFlexiblePrivacyEnabled;
   private final boolean isMultitenancyEnabled;
   private final boolean isPrivacyPluginEnabled;
+  private final BesuNodeConfiguration besuConfig;
 
   public PrivacyNode(
       final PrivacyNodeConfiguration privacyConfiguration,
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
         selectEnclave(enclaveType, enclaveDir, config, privacyConfiguration, containerNetwork);
     this.vertx = vertx;
 
-    final BesuNodeConfiguration besuConfig = config;
+    this.besuConfig = config;
 
     isFlexiblePrivacyEnabled = privacyConfiguration.isFlexiblePrivacyGroupEnabled();
     isMultitenancyEnabled = privacyConfiguration.isMultitenancyEnabled();
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
             besuConfig.getMetricsConfiguration(),
             besuConfig.getPermissioningConfiguration(),
             besuConfig.getApiConfiguration(),
+            besuConfig.getDataStorageConfiguration(),
             besuConfig.getKeyFilePath(),
             besuConfig.isDevMode(),
             besuConfig.getNetwork(),
@@ -272,6 +274,8 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
 
   private PrivacyStorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(
       final Path dataLocation, final Path dbLocation) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataLocation, dbLocation, null, besuConfig.getMiningParameters());
     return new PrivacyKeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValuePrivacyStorageFactory(
@@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
                             DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                     Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                     RocksDBMetricsFactory.PRIVATE_ROCKS_DB_METRICS)))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataLocation, dbLocation))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/pubsub/WebSocket.java

@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ public class WebSocket {
 
   public void verifyTotalEventsReceived(final int expectedTotalEventCount) {
     WaitUtils.waitFor(
-        () -> assertThat(connection.getSubscriptionEvents()).hasSize(expectedTotalEventCount));
+        60, () -> assertThat(connection.getSubscriptionEvents()).hasSize(expectedTotalEventCount));
   }
 }

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/transaction/DeploySmartContractTransaction.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.web3j.crypto.Credentials;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ public class DeploySmartContractTransaction<T extends Contract> implements Trans
 
   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
   private boolean parameterTypesAreEqual(
-      final Class<?>[] expectedTypes, final ArrayList<Object> actualObjects) {
+      final Class<?>[] expectedTypes, final List<Object> actualObjects) {
     if (expectedTypes.length != actualObjects.size()) {
       return false;
     }

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/transaction/NodeRequests.java

@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.transaction.txpool.TxPoolReques
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.web3j.protocol.Web3j;
+import org.web3j.protocol.Web3jService;
 import org.web3j.protocol.websocket.WebSocketService;
 
 public class NodeRequests {
-
+  private final Web3jService web3jService;
   private final Web3j netEth;
   private final CliqueRequestFactory clique;
   private final BftRequestFactory bft;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public class NodeRequests {
   private final TxPoolRequestFactory txPool;
 
   public NodeRequests(
+      final Web3jService web3jService,
       final Web3j netEth,
       final CliqueRequestFactory clique,
       final BftRequestFactory bft,
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ public class NodeRequests {
       final TxPoolRequestFactory txPool,
       final Optional<WebSocketService> websocketService,
       final LoginRequestFactory login) {
+    this.web3jService = web3jService;
     this.netEth = netEth;
     this.clique = clique;
     this.bft = bft;
@@ -116,4 +119,8 @@ public class NodeRequests {
     netEth.shutdown();
     websocketService.ifPresent(WebSocketService::close);
   }
+
+  public Web3jService getWeb3jService() {
+    return web3jService;
+  }
 }

acceptance-tests/tests/build.gradle

@@ -12,24 +12,19 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-  id 'org.web3j' version '4.9.2'
-  id 'org.web3j.solidity' version '0.3.5'
-}
-
-configurations.all {
-  resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
-    if (details.requested.group == 'org.web3j' && details.requested.version == '4.9.2') {
-      details.useVersion '4.9.4'
-      details.because 'Plugin version is 4.9.2 (latest), but we want it to use web3j libs version 4.9.4'
-    }
-  }
+  id 'org.web3j' version '4.11.1'
+  id 'org.web3j.solidity' version '0.4.0'
 }
 
 web3j { generatedPackageName = 'org.hyperledger.besu.tests.web3j.generated' }
 
 sourceSets.main.solidity.srcDirs = ["$projectDir/contracts"]
 
-solidity { resolvePackages = false }
+solidity {
+  resolvePackages = false
+  // TODO: remove the forced version, when DEV network is upgraded to support latest forks
+  version '0.8.19'
+}
 
 dependencies {
   api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
@@ -155,6 +150,33 @@ task acceptanceTestMainnet(type: Test) {
   doFirst { mkdir "${buildDir}/jvmErrorLogs" }
 }
 
+task acceptanceTestNotPrivacy(type: Test) {
+  inputs.property "integration.date", LocalTime.now() // so it runs at every invocation
+  exclude '**/privacy/**'
+
+  useJUnitPlatform {}
+
+  dependsOn(rootProject.installDist)
+  setSystemProperties(test.getSystemProperties())
+  systemProperty 'acctests.runBesuAsProcess', 'true'
+  systemProperty 'java.security.properties', "${buildDir}/resources/test/acceptanceTesting.security"
+  mustRunAfter rootProject.subprojects*.test
+  description = 'Runs MAINNET Besu acceptance tests (excluding privacy since they run nightly, and are being refactored).'
+  group = 'verification'
+
+  jvmArgs "-XX:ErrorFile=${buildDir}/jvmErrorLogs/java_err_pid%p.log"
+
+  testLogging {
+    exceptionFormat = 'full'
+    showStackTraces = true
+    showStandardStreams = Boolean.getBoolean('acctests.showStandardStreams')
+    showExceptions = true
+    showCauses = true
+  }
+
+  doFirst { mkdir "${buildDir}/jvmErrorLogs" }
+}
+
 task acceptanceTestCliqueBft(type: Test) {
   inputs.property "integration.date", LocalTime.now() // so it runs at every invocation
   include '**/bft/**'

acceptance-tests/tests/contracts/SimpleStorage.sol

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-pragma solidity >=0.7.0 <0.9.0;
+pragma solidity >=0.7.0 <0.8.20;
 
 // compile with:
 // solc SimpleStorage.sol --bin --abi --optimize --overwrite -o .

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/bft/BftMiningAcceptanceTest.java

@@ -150,6 +150,36 @@ public class BftMiningAcceptanceTest extends ParameterizedBftTestBase {
     cluster.verify(receiver.balanceEquals(3));
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}: {0}")
+  @MethodSource("factoryFunctions")
+  public void shouldMineOnSingleNodeWithFreeGas_Shanghai(
+      final String testName, final BftAcceptanceTestParameterization nodeFactory) throws Exception {
+    setUp(testName, nodeFactory);
+    final BesuNode minerNode = nodeFactory.createNode(besu, "miner1");
+    updateGenesisConfigToShanghai(minerNode, true);
+
+    cluster.start(minerNode);
+
+    cluster.verify(blockchain.reachesHeight(minerNode, 1));
+
+    final Account sender = accounts.createAccount("account1");
+    final Account receiver = accounts.createAccount("account2");
+
+    minerNode.execute(accountTransactions.createTransfer(sender, 50, Amount.ZERO));
+    cluster.verify(sender.balanceEquals(50));
+
+    minerNode.execute(accountTransactions.create1559Transfer(sender, 50, 4, Amount.ZERO));
+    cluster.verify(sender.balanceEquals(100));
+
+    minerNode.execute(
+        accountTransactions.createIncrementalTransfers(sender, receiver, 1, Amount.ZERO));
+    cluster.verify(receiver.balanceEquals(1));
+
+    minerNode.execute(
+        accountTransactions.create1559IncrementalTransfers(sender, receiver, 2, 4, Amount.ZERO));
+    cluster.verify(receiver.balanceEquals(3));
+  }
+
   @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}: {0}")
   @MethodSource("factoryFunctions")
   public void shouldMineOnMultipleNodes(
@@ -245,4 +275,16 @@ public class BftMiningAcceptanceTest extends ParameterizedBftTestBase {
     config.put("zeroBaseFee", zeroBaseFeeEnabled);
     minerNode.setGenesisConfig(genesisConfigNode.toString());
   }
+
+  private static void updateGenesisConfigToShanghai(
+      final BesuNode minerNode, final boolean zeroBaseFeeEnabled) {
+    final Optional<String> genesisConfig =
+        minerNode.getGenesisConfigProvider().create(List.of(minerNode));
+    final ObjectNode genesisConfigNode = JsonUtil.objectNodeFromString(genesisConfig.orElseThrow());
+    final ObjectNode config = (ObjectNode) genesisConfigNode.get("config");
+    config.remove("berlinBlock");
+    config.put("shanghaiTime", 100);
+    config.put("zeroBaseFee", zeroBaseFeeEnabled);
+    minerNode.setGenesisConfig(genesisConfigNode.toString());
+  }
 }

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/clique/CliqueMiningAcceptanceTest.java

@@ -14,14 +14,23 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.clique;
 
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.data.Percentage.withPercentage;
+
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.account.Account;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.BesuNode;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.genesis.GenesisConfigurationFactory.CliqueOptions;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.web3j.protocol.core.DefaultBlockParameter;
 
 public class CliqueMiningAcceptanceTest extends AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5 {
 
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ public class CliqueMiningAcceptanceTest extends AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5 {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldMineBlocksOnlyWhenTransactionsArePresentWhenCreateEmptyBlockIsFalse()
+  public void shouldMineBlocksOnlyWhenTransactionsArePresentWhenCreateEmptyBlocksIsFalse()
       throws IOException {
     final var cliqueOptionsNoEmptyBlocks =
         new CliqueOptions(
@@ -123,4 +132,173 @@ public class CliqueMiningAcceptanceTest extends AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5 {
     cluster.verifyOnActiveNodes(clique.blockIsCreatedByProposer(minerNode1));
     cluster.verifyOnActiveNodes(clique.blockIsCreatedByProposer(minerNode2));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldMineBlocksAccordingToBlockPeriodTransitions() throws IOException {
+
+    final var cliqueOptions = new CliqueOptions(3, CliqueOptions.DEFAULT.epochLength(), true);
+    final BesuNode minerNode = besu.createCliqueNode("miner1", cliqueOptions);
+
+    // setup transitions
+    final Map<String, Object> decreasePeriodTo2_Transition =
+        Map.of("block", 3, "blockperiodseconds", 2);
+    final Map<String, Object> decreasePeriodTo1_Transition =
+        Map.of("block", 4, "blockperiodseconds", 1);
+    // ensure previous blockperiodseconds transition is carried over
+    final Map<String, Object> dummy_Transition = Map.of("block", 5, "createemptyblocks", true);
+    final Map<String, Object> increasePeriodTo2_Transition =
+        Map.of("block", 6, "blockperiodseconds", 2);
+
+    final Optional<String> initialGenesis =
+        minerNode.getGenesisConfigProvider().create(List.of(minerNode));
+    final String genesisWithTransitions =
+        prependTransitionsToCliqueOptions(
+            initialGenesis.orElseThrow(),
+            List.of(
+                decreasePeriodTo2_Transition,
+                decreasePeriodTo1_Transition,
+                dummy_Transition,
+                increasePeriodTo2_Transition));
+    minerNode.setGenesisConfig(genesisWithTransitions);
+
+    // Mine 6 blocks
+    cluster.start(minerNode);
+    minerNode.verify(blockchain.reachesHeight(minerNode, 5));
+
+    // Assert the block period decreased/increased after each transition
+    final long block1Timestamp = getTimestampForBlock(minerNode, 1);
+    final long block2Timestamp = getTimestampForBlock(minerNode, 2);
+    final long block3Timestamp = getTimestampForBlock(minerNode, 3);
+    final long block4Timestamp = getTimestampForBlock(minerNode, 4);
+    final long block5Timestamp = getTimestampForBlock(minerNode, 5);
+    final long block6Timestamp = getTimestampForBlock(minerNode, 6);
+    assertThat(block2Timestamp - block1Timestamp).isCloseTo(3, withPercentage(20));
+    assertThat(block3Timestamp - block2Timestamp).isCloseTo(2, withPercentage(20));
+    assertThat(block4Timestamp - block3Timestamp).isCloseTo(1, withPercentage(20));
+    assertThat(block5Timestamp - block4Timestamp).isCloseTo(1, withPercentage(20));
+    assertThat(block6Timestamp - block5Timestamp).isCloseTo(2, withPercentage(20));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldMineBlocksAccordingToCreateEmptyBlocksTransitions() throws IOException {
+
+    final var cliqueOptionsEmptyBlocks =
+        new CliqueOptions(2, CliqueOptions.DEFAULT.epochLength(), true);
+    final BesuNode minerNode = besu.createCliqueNode("miner1", cliqueOptionsEmptyBlocks);
+
+    // setup transitions
+    final Map<String, Object> noEmptyBlocks_Transition =
+        Map.of("block", 3, "createemptyblocks", false);
+    final Map<String, Object> emptyBlocks_Transition =
+        Map.of("block", 4, "createemptyblocks", true);
+    final Map<String, Object> secondNoEmptyBlocks_Transition =
+        Map.of("block", 6, "createemptyblocks", false);
+    // ensure previous createemptyblocks transition is carried over
+    final Map<String, Object> dummy_Transition = Map.of("block", 7, "blockperiodseconds", 1);
+
+    final Optional<String> initialGenesis =
+        minerNode.getGenesisConfigProvider().create(List.of(minerNode));
+    final String genesisWithTransitions =
+        prependTransitionsToCliqueOptions(
+            initialGenesis.orElseThrow(),
+            List.of(
+                noEmptyBlocks_Transition,
+                emptyBlocks_Transition,
+                secondNoEmptyBlocks_Transition,
+                dummy_Transition));
+    minerNode.setGenesisConfig(genesisWithTransitions);
+
+    final Account sender = accounts.createAccount("account1");
+
+    // Mine 2 blocks
+    cluster.start(minerNode);
+    minerNode.verify(blockchain.reachesHeight(minerNode, 1));
+
+    // tx required to mine block
+    cluster.verify(clique.noNewBlockCreated(minerNode));
+    minerNode.execute(accountTransactions.createTransfer(sender, 50));
+    minerNode.verify(clique.blockIsCreatedByProposer(minerNode));
+
+    // Mine 2 more blocks so chain head is 5
+    minerNode.verify(blockchain.reachesHeight(minerNode, 2));
+
+    // tx required to mine block 6
+    cluster.verify(clique.noNewBlockCreated(minerNode));
+    minerNode.execute(accountTransactions.createTransfer(sender, 50));
+    minerNode.verify(clique.blockIsCreatedByProposer(minerNode));
+
+    // check createemptyblocks transition carried over when other transition activated...
+    // tx required to mine block 7
+    cluster.verify(clique.noNewBlockCreated(minerNode));
+  }
+
+  private long getTimestampForBlock(final BesuNode minerNode, final int blockNumber) {
+    return minerNode
+        .execute(
+            ethTransactions.block(DefaultBlockParameter.valueOf(BigInteger.valueOf(blockNumber))))
+        .getTimestamp()
+        .longValue();
+  }
+
+  private String prependTransitionsToCliqueOptions(
+      final String originalOptions, final List<Map<String, Object>> transitions) {
+    final StringBuilder stringBuilder =
+        new StringBuilder()
+            .append(formatCliqueTransitionsOptions(transitions))
+            .append(",\n")
+            .append(quote("clique"))
+            .append(": {");
+
+    return originalOptions.replace(quote("clique") + ": {", stringBuilder.toString());
+  }
+
+  private String formatCliqueTransitionsOptions(final List<Map<String, Object>> transitions) {
+    final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+
+    stringBuilder.append(quote("transitions"));
+    stringBuilder.append(": {\n");
+    stringBuilder.append(quote("clique"));
+    stringBuilder.append(": [");
+    final String formattedTransitions =
+        transitions.stream().map(this::formatTransition).collect(joining(",\n"));
+    stringBuilder.append(formattedTransitions);
+    stringBuilder.append("\n]");
+    stringBuilder.append("}\n");
+
+    return stringBuilder.toString();
+  }
+
+  private String quote(final Object value) {
+    return '"' + value.toString() + '"';
+  }
+
+  private String formatTransition(final Map<String, Object> transition) {
+    final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+    stringBuilder.append("{");
+    String formattedTransition =
+        transition.keySet().stream()
+            .map(key -> formatKeyValues(key, transition.get(key)))
+            .collect(joining(","));
+    stringBuilder.append(formattedTransition);
+    stringBuilder.append("}");
+    return stringBuilder.toString();
+  }
+
+  private String formatKeyValues(final Object... keyOrValue) {
+    if (keyOrValue.length % 2 == 1) {
+      // An odd number of strings cannot form a set of key-value pairs
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must supply key-value pairs");
+    }
+    final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+    for (int i = 0; i < keyOrValue.length; i += 2) {
+      if (i > 0) {
+        stringBuilder.append(", ");
+      }
+      final String key = keyOrValue[i].toString();
+      final Object value = keyOrValue[i + 1];
+      final String valueStr = value instanceof String ? quote(value) : value.toString();
+      stringBuilder.append(String.format("\n%s: %s", quote(key), valueStr));
+    }
+    return stringBuilder.toString();
+  }
 }

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/jsonrpc/EthSendRawTransactionAcceptanceTest.java

@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ public class EthSendRawTransactionAcceptanceTest extends AcceptanceTestBase {
     strictNode = besu.createArchiveNode("strictNode", configureNode((true)));
     miningNode = besu.createMinerNode("strictMiningNode", configureNode((true)));
     cluster.start(lenientNode, strictNode, miningNode);
+
+    // verify nodes are fully connected otherwise tx could not be propagated
+    lenientNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(2));
+    strictNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(2));
+    miningNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(2));
+
+    // verify that the miner started producing blocks and all other nodes are syncing from it
+    waitForBlockHeight(miningNode, 1);
+    final var minerChainHead = miningNode.execute(ethTransactions.block());
+    lenientNode.verify(blockchain.minimumHeight(minerChainHead.getNumber().longValue()));
+    strictNode.verify(blockchain.minimumHeight(minerChainHead.getNumber().longValue()));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -53,6 +64,7 @@ public class EthSendRawTransactionAcceptanceTest extends AcceptanceTestBase {
     final String txHash = tx.transactionHash();
 
     lenientNode.verify(eth.expectSuccessfulEthRawTransaction(rawTx));
+
     // Tx should be included on-chain
     miningNode.verify(eth.expectSuccessfulTransactionReceipt(txHash));
   }

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/jsonrpc/ExecutionEngineEip6110AcceptanceTest.java

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright contributors to Hyperledger Besu.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
- * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-package org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.jsonrpc;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
-
-public class ExecutionEngineEip6110AcceptanceTest extends AbstractJsonRpcTest {
-  private static final String GENESIS_FILE = "/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/genesis.json";
-  private static final String TEST_CASE_PATH = "/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/";
-
-  private static JsonRpcTestsContext testsContext;
-
-  public ExecutionEngineEip6110AcceptanceTest() {
-    super(testsContext);
-  }
-
-  @BeforeAll
-  public static void init() throws IOException {
-    testsContext = new JsonRpcTestsContext(GENESIS_FILE);
-  }
-
-  public static Stream<Arguments> testCases() throws URISyntaxException {
-    return testCasesFromPath(TEST_CASE_PATH);
-  }
-
-  @AfterAll
-  public static void tearDown() {
-    testsContext.cluster.close();
-  }
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/permissioning/NodeSmartContractPermissioningV2AcceptanceTest.java

@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ public class NodeSmartContractPermissioningV2AcceptanceTest
     permissionedNode.execute(allowNode(permissionedNode));
     permissionedNode.verify(connectionIsAllowed(permissionedNode));
 
-    allowedNode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
-    bootnode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
-    permissionedNode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
-    forbiddenNode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
+    verifyAllNodesHaveFinishedSyncing();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -92,6 +89,8 @@ public class NodeSmartContractPermissioningV2AcceptanceTest
     permissionedNode.verify(admin.addPeer(allowedNode));
     permissionedNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(2));
 
+    verifyAllNodesHaveFinishedSyncing();
+
     // permissioning changes in peer should propagate to permissioned node
     allowedNode.execute(allowNode(forbiddenNode));
     allowedNode.verify(connectionIsAllowed(forbiddenNode));
@@ -101,6 +100,13 @@ public class NodeSmartContractPermissioningV2AcceptanceTest
     permissionedNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(3));
   }
 
+  private void verifyAllNodesHaveFinishedSyncing() {
+    allowedNode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
+    bootnode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
+    permissionedNode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
+    forbiddenNode.verify(eth.syncingStatus(false));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void onchainPermissioningAllowlistShouldPersistAcrossRestarts() {
     permissionedCluster.stop();

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/PermissioningPluginTest.java

@@ -37,22 +37,13 @@ public class PermissioningPluginTest extends AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5 {
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
-    final BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder builder =
-        new BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder()
-            .miningEnabled(false)
-            .plugins(List.of("testPlugins"))
-            .extraCLIOptions(List.of("--plugin-permissioning-test-enabled=true"))
-            .jsonRpcEnabled()
-            .jsonRpcTxPool()
-            .jsonRpcAdmin();
+    minerNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("miner").build());
 
-    minerNode = besu.create(builder.name("miner").build());
+    aliceNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("alice").keyFilePath("key").build());
 
-    aliceNode = besu.create(builder.name("alice").keyFilePath("key").build());
+    bobNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("bob").keyFilePath("key1").build());
 
-    bobNode = besu.create(builder.name("bob").keyFilePath("key1").build());
-
-    charlieNode = besu.create(builder.name("charlie").keyFilePath("key2").build());
+    charlieNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("charlie").keyFilePath("key2").build());
 
     cluster.start(minerNode, charlieNode);
 
@@ -63,6 +54,16 @@ public class PermissioningPluginTest extends AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5 {
     bobNode.awaitPeerDiscovery(net.awaitPeerCount(2));
   }
 
+  private BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder createNodeBuilder() {
+    return new BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder()
+        .miningEnabled(false)
+        .plugins(List.of("testPlugins"))
+        .extraCLIOptions(List.of("--plugin-permissioning-test-enabled=true"))
+        .jsonRpcEnabled()
+        .jsonRpcTxPool()
+        .jsonRpcAdmin();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void blockedConnectionNodeCanOnlyConnectToTransactionNode() {
     minerNode.verify(admin.hasPeer(aliceNode));

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/privacy/PrivacyClusterAcceptanceTest.java

@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ public class PrivacyClusterAcceptanceTest extends PrivacyAcceptanceTestBase {
         EnclaveEncryptorType.EC.equals(enclaveEncryptorType)
             ? "0x3e5d325a03ad3ce5640502219833d30b89ce3ce1"
             : "0xebf56429e6500e84442467292183d4d621359838";
+    final String receiptPrivacyGroupId =
+        EnclaveEncryptorType.EC.equals(enclaveEncryptorType)
+            ? "MjuFB4b9Hz+f8zvkWWasxZWRjHWXU4t7B2nOHo4mekA="
+            : "DyAOiF/ynpc+JXa2YAGB0bCitSlOMNm+ShmB/7M6C4w=";
 
     final RawPrivateTransaction rawPrivateTransaction =
         RawPrivateTransaction.createContractTransaction(
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ public class PrivacyClusterAcceptanceTest extends PrivacyAcceptanceTestBase {
             Numeric.prependHexPrefix(EventEmitter.BINARY),
             Base64String.wrap(alice.getEnclaveKey()),
             Collections.singletonList(Base64String.wrap(bob.getEnclaveKey())),
+            Base64String.wrap(receiptPrivacyGroupId),
             RESTRICTED);
 
     final String signedPrivateTransaction =
@@ -243,10 +248,6 @@ public class PrivacyClusterAcceptanceTest extends PrivacyAcceptanceTestBase {
                     "MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEXIgZqRA25V+3nN+Do6b5r0jiUunub6ubjPhqwHpPxP44uUYh9RKCQNRnsqCJ9PjeTnC8R3ieJk7HWAlycU1bug=="))
             : new ArrayList<>(
                 Collections.singletonList("Ko2bVqD+nNlNYL5EE7y3IdOnviftjiizpjRt+HTuFBs="));
-    final String receiptPrivacyGroupId =
-        EnclaveEncryptorType.EC.equals(enclaveEncryptorType)
-            ? "MjuFB4b9Hz+f8zvkWWasxZWRjHWXU4t7B2nOHo4mekA="
-            : "DyAOiF/ynpc+JXa2YAGB0bCitSlOMNm+ShmB/7M6C4w=";
 
     final PrivateTransactionReceipt expectedReceipt =
         new PrivateTransactionReceipt(

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/pubsub/NewPendingTransactionAcceptanceTest.java

@@ -41,9 +41,19 @@ public class NewPendingTransactionAcceptanceTest extends AcceptanceTestBase {
     minerNode = besu.createMinerNode("miner-node1");
     archiveNode = besu.createArchiveNode("full-node1");
     cluster.start(minerNode, archiveNode);
+
+    // verify nodes are fully connected otherwise tx could not be propagated
+    minerNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(1));
+    archiveNode.verify(net.awaitPeerCount(1));
+
     accountOne = accounts.createAccount("account-one");
     minerWebSocket = new WebSocket(vertx, minerNode.getConfiguration());
     archiveWebSocket = new WebSocket(vertx, archiveNode.getConfiguration());
+
+    // verify that the miner started producing blocks and all other nodes are syncing from it
+    waitForBlockHeight(minerNode, 1);
+    final var minerChainHead = minerNode.execute(ethTransactions.block());
+    archiveNode.verify(blockchain.minimumHeight(minerChainHead.getNumber().longValue()));
   }
 
   @AfterEach

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/01_cancun_prepare_payload.json

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "headBlockHash": "0x78a301e0d846bd169889c9755c9aa4ce2972dfc4bd63de61f3303887d3e81f98",
-        "safeBlockHash": "0x78a301e0d846bd169889c9755c9aa4ce2972dfc4bd63de61f3303887d3e81f98",
-        "finalizedBlockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-      },
-      {
-        "timestamp": "0x10",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "suggestedFeeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-      }
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "payloadStatus": {
-        "status": "VALID",
-        "latestValidHash": "0x78a301e0d846bd169889c9755c9aa4ce2972dfc4bd63de61f3303887d3e81f98",
-        "validationError": null
-      },
-      "payloadId": "0x282643d459a6f711"
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/02_cancun_getPayloadV3.json

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_getPayloadV3",
-    "params": [
-      "0x282643d459a6f711"
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "executionPayload": {
-        "parentHash": "0x78a301e0d846bd169889c9755c9aa4ce2972dfc4bd63de61f3303887d3e81f98",
-        "feeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "stateRoot": "0x9b8c4a9a86cb49252075c0db2f0e72fb1e49350a0f70ea36f26f700201961e62",
-        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-        "gasUsed": "0x0",
-        "timestamp": "0x10",
-        "extraData": "0x",
-        "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
-        "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
-        "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "transactions": [],
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "blockNumber": "0x1",
-        "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
-        "blobGasUsed": "0x0",
-        "blockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315"
-      },
-      "blockValue": "0x0",
-      "blobsBundle": {
-        "commitments": [],
-        "proofs": [],
-        "blobs": []
-      },
-      "shouldOverrideBuilder": false
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/03_cancun_newPayloadV3.json

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_newPayloadV3",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "parentHash": "0x78a301e0d846bd169889c9755c9aa4ce2972dfc4bd63de61f3303887d3e81f98",
-        "feeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "stateRoot": "0x9b8c4a9a86cb49252075c0db2f0e72fb1e49350a0f70ea36f26f700201961e62",
-        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-        "gasUsed": "0x0",
-        "timestamp": "0x10",
-        "extraData": "0x",
-        "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
-        "transactions": [],
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "blockNumber": "0x1",
-        "blockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
-        "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
-        "blobGasUsed": "0x0"
-      },
-      [],
-      "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "status": "VALID",
-      "latestValidHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-      "validationError": null
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/04_cancun_forkchoiceUpdatedV3.json

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "headBlockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "safeBlockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "finalizedBlockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315"
-      },
-      null
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "payloadStatus": {
-        "status": "VALID",
-        "latestValidHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "validationError": null
-      },
-      "payloadId": null
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/05_eip6110_forkchoiceUpdatedV3.json

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "headBlockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "safeBlockHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "finalizedBlockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-      },
-      {
-        "timestamp": "0x20",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "suggestedFeeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-      }
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "payloadStatus": {
-        "status": "VALID",
-        "latestValidHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "validationError": null
-      },
-      "payloadId": "0x282643b909febddf"
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/06_eip6110_getPayloadV6110.json

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_getPayloadV6110",
-    "params": [
-      "0x282643b909febddf"
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "executionPayload": {
-        "parentHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "feeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "stateRoot": "0x9b8c4a9a86cb49252075c0db2f0e72fb1e49350a0f70ea36f26f700201961e62",
-        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-        "gasUsed": "0x0",
-        "timestamp": "0x20",
-        "extraData": "0x",
-        "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
-        "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
-        "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "transactions": [],
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "depositReceipts": [],
-        "blockNumber": "0x2",
-        "blockHash": "0xc8255831601171a628ef17f6601d3d1d30ff9b382e77592ed1af32354f6dafbb",
-        "blobGasUsed": "0x0",
-        "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421"
-      },
-      "blockValue": "0x0",
-      "blobsBundle": {
-        "commitments": [],
-        "proofs": [],
-        "blobs": []
-      },
-      "shouldOverrideBuilder": false
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/07_eip6110_send_raw_transaction.json

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "eth_sendRawTransaction",
-    "params": ["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"],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": "0x8ff1a50169f52f14cc1cf0300ec037c054a9b99df462e6372c7ca655bf1f00cd"
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/08_eip6110_invalid_null_deposits_execute_payload.json

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_newPayloadV6110",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "parentHash": "0x45811fa27a100ce9035e5e086b9669275041a4ec0ebbd920be028fd7b0aa2356",
-        "feeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "stateRoot": "0x9b8c4a9a86cb49252075c0db2f0e72fb1e49350a0f70ea36f26f700201961e62",
-        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-        "gasUsed": "0x0",
-        "timestamp": "0x20",
-        "extraData": "0x",
-        "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
-        "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
-        "transactions": [],
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "depositReceipts" : null,
-        "blockNumber": "0x2",
-        "blockHash": "0xf6c3f1180ba58d6ea4c69c9328c7afb1fda41df06c368741c1f8310567879de7",
-        "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
-        "blobGasUsed": "0x0"
-      },
-      [],
-      "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "error": {
-      "code": -32602,
-      "message": "Invalid params",
-      "data" : "Missing deposit field"
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/09_eip6110_newPayloadV6110.json

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_newPayloadV6110",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "parentHash": "0x1dd4f141551d53ce393845e2873754e43396101a8ebc0fd0eeb2e6798a591315",
-        "feeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "stateRoot": "0x14208ac0e218167936e220b72d5d5887a963cb858ea2f2d268518f014a3da3fa",
-        "logsBloom": "0x10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000000000",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-        "gasUsed": "0x14B6E",
-        "timestamp": "0x20",
-        "extraData": "0x",
-        "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
-        "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
-        "transactions": [
-          "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"
-        ],
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "depositReceipts" : [
-          {"amount":"0x773594000","index":"0x0","pubkey":"0x96a96086cff07df17668f35f7418ef8798079167e3f4f9b72ecde17b28226137cf454ab1dd20ef5d924786ab3483c2f9","signature":"0xb1acdb2c4d3df3f1b8d3bfd33421660df358d84d78d16c4603551935f4b67643373e7eb63dcb16ec359be0ec41fee33b03a16e80745f2374ff1d3c352508ac5d857c6476d3c3bcf7e6ca37427c9209f17be3af5264c0e2132b3dd1156c28b4e9","withdrawalCredentials":"0x003f5102dabe0a27b1746098d1dc17a5d3fbd478759fea9287e4e419b3c3cef2"}
-        ],
-        "blockNumber": "0x2",
-        "blockHash": "0xddb65a684b9b8980b6231ee0e388566c10a9c4583bbddf16f8d68bbc0b8ed965",
-        "receiptsRoot": "0x79ee3424eb720a3ad4b1c5a372bb8160580cbe4d893778660f34213c685627a9",
-        "blobGasUsed": "0x0"
-      },
-      [],
-      "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "status": "VALID",
-      "latestValidHash": "0xddb65a684b9b8980b6231ee0e388566c10a9c4583bbddf16f8d68bbc0b8ed965",
-      "validationError": null
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/10_eip6110_forkchoiceUpdatedV3.json

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3",
-    "params": [
-      {
-        "headBlockHash": "0xddb65a684b9b8980b6231ee0e388566c10a9c4583bbddf16f8d68bbc0b8ed965",
-        "safeBlockHash": "0xddb65a684b9b8980b6231ee0e388566c10a9c4583bbddf16f8d68bbc0b8ed965",
-        "finalizedBlockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-      },
-      {
-        "timestamp": "0x30",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "suggestedFeeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
-      }
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "payloadStatus": {
-        "status": "VALID",
-        "latestValidHash": "0xddb65a684b9b8980b6231ee0e388566c10a9c4583bbddf16f8d68bbc0b8ed965",
-        "validationError": null
-      },
-      "payloadId": "0x282643db882670cf"
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode" : 200
-}

acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/jsonrpc/engine/eip6110/test-cases/11_eip6110_getPayloadV6110.json

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "request": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "method": "engine_getPayloadV6110",
-    "params": [
-      "0x282643db882670cf"
-    ],
-    "id": 67
-  },
-  "response": {
-    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-    "id": 67,
-    "result": {
-      "executionPayload": {
-        "parentHash": "0xddb65a684b9b8980b6231ee0e388566c10a9c4583bbddf16f8d68bbc0b8ed965",
-        "feeRecipient": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
-        "stateRoot": "0x14208ac0e218167936e220b72d5d5887a963cb858ea2f2d268518f014a3da3fa",
-        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "prevRandao": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
-        "gasUsed": "0x0",
-        "timestamp": "0x30",
-        "extraData": "0x",
-        "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
-        "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
-        "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        "transactions": [],
-        "withdrawals": [],
-        "depositReceipts": [],
-        "blockNumber": "0x3",
-        "blockHash": "0xf1e7093b5d229885caab11a3acb95412af80f9077b742020a8014cf81c8c75f2",
-        "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
-        "blobGasUsed": "0x0"
-      },
-      "blockValue": "0x0",
-      "blobsBundle": {
-        "commitments": [],
-        "proofs": [],
-        "blobs": []
-      },
-      "shouldOverrideBuilder": false
-    }
-  },
-  "statusCode": 200
-}

besu/build.gradle

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+  api project(':datatypes')
+
   api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
 
   implementation project(':config')

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/RunnerBuilder.java

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ public class RunnerBuilder {
               metricsSystem,
               supportedCapabilities,
               jsonRpcConfiguration.getRpcApis().stream()
-                  .filter(apiGroup -> !apiGroup.toLowerCase().startsWith("engine"))
+                  .filter(apiGroup -> !apiGroup.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("engine"))
                   .collect(Collectors.toList()),
               filterManager,
               accountLocalConfigPermissioningController,
@@ -938,7 +939,7 @@ public class RunnerBuilder {
               metricsSystem,
               supportedCapabilities,
               webSocketConfiguration.getRpcApis().stream()
-                  .filter(apiGroup -> !apiGroup.toLowerCase().startsWith("engine"))
+                  .filter(apiGroup -> !apiGroup.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("engine"))
                   .collect(Collectors.toList()),
               filterManager,
               accountLocalConfigPermissioningController,
@@ -1021,7 +1022,7 @@ public class RunnerBuilder {
               metricsSystem,
               supportedCapabilities,
               jsonRpcIpcConfiguration.getEnabledApis().stream()
-                  .filter(apiGroup -> !apiGroup.toLowerCase().startsWith("engine"))
+                  .filter(apiGroup -> !apiGroup.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith("engine"))
                   .collect(Collectors.toList()),
               filterManager,
               accountLocalConfigPermissioningController,

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.DefaultCommandValues.getDefaultBesuDataPath;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.config.NetworkName.MAINNET;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.unstable.NetworkingOptions.PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.CommandLineUtils.DEPENDENCY_WARNING_MSG;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.CommandLineUtils.isOptionSet;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.controller.BesuController.DATABASE_PATH;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.error.BesuExecutionExceptionHandler;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.error.BesuParameterExceptionHandler;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.MiningOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.TransactionPoolOptions;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable.ApiConfigurationOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable.DataStorageOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable.EthstatsOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable.GraphQlOptions;
@@ -107,7 +109,6 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.enclave.EnclaveFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.GasLimitCalculator;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.ApiConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.ImmutableApiConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.graphql.GraphQLConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.JsonRpcConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.RpcApis;
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.websocket.WebSocketConfiguratio
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.query.BlockchainQueries;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParametersMetrics;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.PrivacyParameters;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.VersionMetadata;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.sync.SyncMode;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.sync.SynchronizerConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration;
@@ -136,8 +139,8 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.StorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.PrunerConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.transaction.TransactionSimulator;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.AbstractAltBnPrecompiledContract;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.BigIntegerModularExponentiationPrecompiledContract;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.KZGPointEvalPrecompiledContract;
@@ -157,33 +160,35 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BlockchainService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.MetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PermissioningService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PluginTransactionValidatorService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PrivacyPluginService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.RpcEndpointService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.SecurityModuleService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.StorageService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TraceService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionPoolValidatorService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSelectionService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSimulationService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.exception.StorageException;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategoryRegistry;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.securitymodule.SecurityModule;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.PrivacyKeyValueStorageFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.rocksdb.RocksDBPlugin;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txvalidator.PluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuConfigurationImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuEventsImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BlockchainServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PermissioningServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PicoCLIOptionsImpl;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PrivacyPluginServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.RpcEndpointServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.SecurityModuleServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.StorageServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TraceServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionSelectionServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionSimulationServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.kvstore.InMemoryStoragePlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.InvalidConfigurationException;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.LogConfigurator;
@@ -231,7 +236,6 @@ import io.vertx.core.json.DecodeException;
 import io.vertx.core.metrics.MetricsOptions;
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
 import org.apache.tuweni.units.bigints.UInt256;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import picocli.AutoComplete;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -254,8 +258,12 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.ParameterException;
     synopsisHeading = "%n",
     descriptionHeading = "%n@|bold,fg(cyan) Description:|@%n%n",
     optionListHeading = "%n@|bold,fg(cyan) Options:|@%n",
-    footerHeading = "%n",
-    footer = "Besu is licensed under the Apache License 2.0")
+    footerHeading = "%nBesu is licensed under the Apache License 2.0%n",
+    footer = {
+      "%n%n@|fg(cyan) To get started quickly, just choose a network to sync and a profile to run with suggested defaults:|@",
+      "%n@|fg(cyan) for Mainnet|@ --network=mainnet --profile=[minimalist_staker|staker]",
+      "%nMore info and other profiles at https://besu.hyperledger.org%n"
+    })
 public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("PrivateStaticFinalLoggers")
@@ -320,7 +328,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
 
   private int maxPeers;
   private int maxRemoteInitiatedPeers;
-  private int peersLowerBound;
 
   // CLI options defined by user at runtime.
   // Options parsing is done with CLI library Picocli https://picocli.info/
@@ -340,16 +347,16 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       description = "The path to Besu data directory (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   final Path dataPath = getDefaultBesuDataPath(this);
 
-  // Genesis file path with null default option if the option
-  // is not defined on command line as this default is handled by Runner
+  // Genesis file path with null default option.
+  // This default is handled by Runner
   // to use mainnet json file from resources as indicated in the
   // default network option
-  // Then we have no control over genesis default value here.
+  // Then we ignore genesis default value here.
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {"--genesis-file"},
       paramLabel = MANDATORY_FILE_FORMAT_HELP,
       description =
-          "Genesis file. Setting this option makes --network option ignored and requires --network-id to be set.")
+          "Genesis file for your custom network. Setting this option requires --network-id to be set. (Cannot be used with --network)")
   private final File genesisFile = null;
 
   @Option(
@@ -364,7 +371,9 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   P2PDiscoveryOptionGroup p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup = new P2PDiscoveryOptionGroup();
 
   private final TransactionSelectionServiceImpl transactionSelectionServiceImpl;
-  private final PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl transactionValidatorServiceImpl;
+  private final TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl transactionValidatorServiceImpl;
+  private final TransactionSimulationServiceImpl transactionSimulationServiceImpl;
+  private final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl;
 
   static class P2PDiscoveryOptionGroup {
 
@@ -505,7 +514,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       names = {"--sync-mode"},
       paramLabel = MANDATORY_MODE_FORMAT_HELP,
       description =
-          "Synchronization mode, possible values are ${COMPLETION-CANDIDATES} (default: FAST if a --network is supplied and privacy isn't enabled. FULL otherwise.)")
+          "Synchronization mode, possible values are ${COMPLETION-CANDIDATES} (default: SNAP if a --network is supplied and privacy isn't enabled. FULL otherwise.)")
   private SyncMode syncMode = null;
 
   @Option(
@@ -555,6 +564,12 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       arity = "1")
   private final Path kzgTrustedSetupFile = null;
 
+  @Option(
+      names = {"--version-compatibility-protection"},
+      description =
+          "Perform compatibility checks between the version of Besu being started and the version of Besu that last started with this data directory. (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
+  private Boolean versionCompatibilityProtection = null;
+
   @CommandLine.ArgGroup(validate = false, heading = "@|bold GraphQL Options|@%n")
   GraphQlOptions graphQlOptions = new GraphQlOptions();
 
@@ -781,12 +796,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
           "How deep a chain reorganization must be in order for it to be logged (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private final Long reorgLoggingThreshold = 6L;
 
-  @Option(
-      names = {"--pruning-enabled"},
-      description =
-          "Enable disk-space saving optimization that removes old state that is unlikely to be required (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Boolean pruningEnabled = false;
-
   // Permission Option Group
   @CommandLine.ArgGroup(validate = false, heading = "@|bold Permissions Options|@%n")
   PermissionsOptions permissionsOptions = new PermissionsOptions();
@@ -836,66 +845,15 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   private final Map<String, String> genesisConfigOverrides =
       new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
 
-  @Option(
-      names = {"--pruning-blocks-retained"},
-      paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
-      description =
-          "Minimum number of recent blocks for which to keep entire world state (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})",
-      arity = "1")
-  private final Integer pruningBlocksRetained = PrunerConfiguration.DEFAULT_PRUNING_BLOCKS_RETAINED;
-
-  @Option(
-      names = {"--pruning-block-confirmations"},
-      paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
-      description =
-          "Minimum number of confirmations on a block before marking begins (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})",
-      arity = "1")
-  private final Integer pruningBlockConfirmations =
-      PrunerConfiguration.DEFAULT_PRUNING_BLOCK_CONFIRMATIONS;
-
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {"--pid-path"},
       paramLabel = MANDATORY_PATH_FORMAT_HELP,
       description = "Path to PID file (optional)")
   private final Path pidPath = null;
 
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--api-gas-price-blocks"},
-      description = "Number of blocks to consider for eth_gasPrice (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Long apiGasPriceBlocks = 100L;
-
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--api-gas-price-percentile"},
-      description = "Percentile value to measure for eth_gasPrice (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Double apiGasPricePercentile = 50.0;
-
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--api-gas-price-max"},
-      description = "Maximum gas price for eth_gasPrice (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Long apiGasPriceMax = 500_000_000_000L;
-
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--api-gas-and-priority-fee-limiting-enabled"},
-      hidden = true,
-      description =
-          "Set to enable gas price and minimum priority fee limit in eth_getGasPrice and eth_feeHistory (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Boolean apiGasAndPriorityFeeLimitingEnabled = false;
-
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--api-gas-and-priority-fee-lower-bound-coefficient"},
-      hidden = true,
-      description =
-          "Coefficient for setting the lower limit of gas price and minimum priority fee in eth_getGasPrice and eth_feeHistory (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Long apiGasAndPriorityFeeLowerBoundCoefficient =
-      ApiConfiguration.DEFAULT_LOWER_BOUND_GAS_AND_PRIORITY_FEE_COEFFICIENT;
-
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--api-gas-and-priority-fee-upper-bound-coefficient"},
-      hidden = true,
-      description =
-          "Coefficient for setting the upper limit of gas price and minimum priority fee in eth_getGasPrice and eth_feeHistory (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Long apiGasAndPriorityFeeUpperBoundCoefficient =
-      ApiConfiguration.DEFAULT_UPPER_BOUND_GAS_AND_PRIORITY_FEE_COEFFICIENT;
+  // API Configuration Option Group
+  @CommandLine.ArgGroup(validate = false, heading = "@|bold API Configuration Options|@%n")
+  ApiConfigurationOptions apiConfigurationOptions = new ApiConfigurationOptions();
 
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {"--static-nodes-file"},
@@ -904,29 +862,11 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
           "Specifies the static node file containing the static nodes for this node to connect to")
   private final Path staticNodesFile = null;
 
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--rpc-max-logs-range"},
-      description =
-          "Specifies the maximum number of blocks to retrieve logs from via RPC. Must be >=0. 0 specifies no limit  (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Long rpcMaxLogsRange = 5000L;
-
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      names = {"--rpc-gas-cap"},
-      description =
-          "Specifies the gasLimit cap for transaction simulation RPC methods. Must be >=0. 0 specifies no limit  (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Long rpcGasCap = 0L;
-
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {"--cache-last-blocks"},
       description = "Specifies the number of last blocks to cache  (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private final Integer numberOfblocksToCache = 0;
 
-  @Option(
-      names = {"--rpc-max-trace-filter-range"},
-      description =
-          "Specifies the maximum number of blocks for the trace_filter method. Must be >=0. 0 specifies no limit  (default: $DEFAULT-VALUE)")
-  private final Long maxTraceFilterRange = 1000L;
-
   @Mixin private P2PTLSConfigOptions p2pTLSConfigOptions;
 
   @Mixin private PkiBlockCreationOptions pkiBlockCreationOptions;
@@ -941,9 +881,10 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   private MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration;
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration;
   private Optional<TLSConfiguration> p2pTLSConfiguration;
+  private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
   private Collection<EnodeURL> staticNodes;
   private BesuController besuController;
-  private BesuConfiguration pluginCommonConfiguration;
+  private BesuConfigurationImpl pluginCommonConfiguration;
   private MiningParameters miningParameters;
 
   private BesuComponent besuComponent;
@@ -994,7 +935,9 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         new PkiBlockCreationConfigurationProvider(),
         new RpcEndpointServiceImpl(),
         new TransactionSelectionServiceImpl(),
-        new PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl());
+        new TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl(),
+        new TransactionSimulationServiceImpl(),
+        new BlockchainServiceImpl());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1016,6 +959,8 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    * @param rpcEndpointServiceImpl instance of RpcEndpointServiceImpl
    * @param transactionSelectionServiceImpl instance of TransactionSelectionServiceImpl
    * @param transactionValidatorServiceImpl instance of TransactionValidatorServiceImpl
+   * @param transactionSimulationServiceImpl instance of TransactionSimulationServiceImpl
+   * @param blockchainServiceImpl instance of BlockchainServiceImpl
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
   protected BesuCommand(
@@ -1034,7 +979,9 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       final PkiBlockCreationConfigurationProvider pkiBlockCreationConfigProvider,
       final RpcEndpointServiceImpl rpcEndpointServiceImpl,
       final TransactionSelectionServiceImpl transactionSelectionServiceImpl,
-      final PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl transactionValidatorServiceImpl) {
+      final TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl transactionValidatorServiceImpl,
+      final TransactionSimulationServiceImpl transactionSimulationServiceImpl,
+      final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl) {
     this.besuComponent = besuComponent;
     this.logger = besuComponent.getBesuCommandLogger();
     this.rlpBlockImporter = rlpBlockImporter;
@@ -1048,12 +995,14 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     this.securityModuleService = securityModuleService;
     this.permissioningService = permissioningService;
     this.privacyPluginService = privacyPluginService;
-    pluginCommonConfiguration = new BesuCommandConfigurationService();
+    this.pluginCommonConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
     besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, pluginCommonConfiguration);
     this.pkiBlockCreationConfigProvider = pkiBlockCreationConfigProvider;
     this.rpcEndpointServiceImpl = rpcEndpointServiceImpl;
     this.transactionSelectionServiceImpl = transactionSelectionServiceImpl;
     this.transactionValidatorServiceImpl = transactionValidatorServiceImpl;
+    this.transactionSimulationServiceImpl = transactionSimulationServiceImpl;
+    this.blockchainServiceImpl = blockchainServiceImpl;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1075,6 +1024,9 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
 
     toCommandLine();
 
+    // use terminal width for usage message
+    commandLine.getCommandSpec().usageMessage().autoWidth(true);
+
     handleStableOptions();
     addSubCommands(in);
     registerConverters();
@@ -1119,9 +1071,15 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       vertx = createVertx(createVertxOptions(metricsSystem.get()));
 
       validateOptions();
+
       configure();
+
+      // If we're not running against a named network, or if version compat protection has been
+      // explicitly enabled, perform compatibility check
+      VersionMetadata.versionCompatibilityChecks(versionCompatibilityProtection, dataDir());
+
       configureNativeLibs();
-      besuController = initController();
+      besuController = buildController();
 
       besuPluginContext.beforeExternalServices();
 
@@ -1143,7 +1101,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  void setBesuConfiguration(final BesuConfiguration pluginCommonConfiguration) {
+  void setBesuConfiguration(final BesuConfigurationImpl pluginCommonConfiguration) {
     this.pluginCommonConfiguration = pluginCommonConfiguration;
   }
 
@@ -1235,7 +1193,10 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     besuPluginContext.addService(
         TransactionSelectionService.class, transactionSelectionServiceImpl);
     besuPluginContext.addService(
-        PluginTransactionValidatorService.class, transactionValidatorServiceImpl);
+        TransactionPoolValidatorService.class, transactionValidatorServiceImpl);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(
+        TransactionSimulationService.class, transactionSimulationServiceImpl);
+    besuPluginContext.addService(BlockchainService.class, blockchainServiceImpl);
 
     // register built-in plugins
     rocksDBPlugin = new RocksDBPlugin();
@@ -1316,6 +1277,16 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   }
 
   private void startPlugins() {
+    blockchainServiceImpl.init(
+        besuController.getProtocolContext(), besuController.getProtocolSchedule());
+    transactionSimulationServiceImpl.init(
+        besuController.getProtocolContext().getBlockchain(),
+        new TransactionSimulator(
+            besuController.getProtocolContext().getBlockchain(),
+            besuController.getProtocolContext().getWorldStateArchive(),
+            besuController.getProtocolSchedule(),
+            apiConfiguration.getGasCap()));
+
     besuPluginContext.addService(
         BesuEvents.class,
         new BesuEventsImpl(
@@ -1325,10 +1296,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
             besuController.getSyncState()));
     besuPluginContext.addService(MetricsSystem.class, getMetricsSystem());
 
-    besuPluginContext.addService(
-        BlockchainService.class,
-        new BlockchainServiceImpl(besuController.getProtocolContext().getBlockchain()));
-
     besuPluginContext.addService(
         TraceService.class,
         new TraceServiceImpl(
@@ -1481,10 +1448,15 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     validateTransactionPoolOptions();
     validateDataStorageOptions();
     validateGraphQlOptions();
+    validateApiOptions();
     p2pTLSConfigOptions.checkP2PTLSOptionsDependencies(logger, commandLine);
     pkiBlockCreationOptions.checkPkiBlockCreationOptionsDependencies(logger, commandLine);
   }
 
+  private void validateApiOptions() {
+    apiConfigurationOptions.validate(commandLine, logger);
+  }
+
   private void validateTransactionPoolOptions() {
     transactionPoolOptions.validate(commandLine, getActualGenesisConfigOptions());
   }
@@ -1568,31 +1540,13 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     }
   }
 
-  private void checkApiOptionsDependencies() {
-    CommandLineUtils.checkOptionDependencies(
-        logger,
-        commandLine,
-        "--api-gas-and-priority-fee-limiting-enabled",
-        !apiGasAndPriorityFeeLimitingEnabled,
-        asList(
-            "--api-gas-and-priority-fee-upper-bound-coefficient",
-            "--api-gas-and-priority-fee-lower-bound-coefficient"));
-  }
-
   private void ensureValidPeerBoundParams() {
     maxPeers = p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.maxPeers;
-    peersLowerBound = unstableNetworkingOptions.toDomainObject().getPeerLowerBound();
-    if (peersLowerBound > maxPeers) {
-      logger.warn(
-          "`--Xp2p-peer-lower-bound` "
-              + peersLowerBound
-              + " must not exceed --max-peers "
-              + maxPeers);
-      logger.warn("setting --Xp2p-peer-lower-bound=" + maxPeers);
-      peersLowerBound = maxPeers;
-    }
     final Boolean isLimitRemoteWireConnectionsEnabled =
         p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.isLimitRemoteWireConnectionsEnabled;
+    if (isOptionSet(commandLine, PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG)) {
+      logger.warn(PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG + " is deprecated and will be removed soon.");
+    }
     if (isLimitRemoteWireConnectionsEnabled) {
       final float fraction =
           Fraction.fromPercentage(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.maxRemoteConnectionsPercentage)
@@ -1600,7 +1554,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       checkState(
           fraction >= 0.0 && fraction <= 1.0,
           "Fraction of remote connections allowed must be between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).");
-      maxRemoteInitiatedPeers = (int) Math.floor(fraction * maxPeers);
+      maxRemoteInitiatedPeers = Math.round(fraction * maxPeers);
     } else {
       maxRemoteInitiatedPeers = maxPeers;
     }
@@ -1644,6 +1598,19 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       throw new ParameterException(
           this.commandLine, "Unable to load genesis file. " + e.getCause());
     }
+    // snap and checkpoint can't be used with BFT but can for clique
+    if (genesisConfigOptions.isIbftLegacy()
+        || genesisConfigOptions.isIbft2()
+        || genesisConfigOptions.isQbft()) {
+      final String errorSuffix = "can't be used with BFT networks";
+      if (SyncMode.CHECKPOINT.equals(syncMode) || SyncMode.X_CHECKPOINT.equals(syncMode)) {
+        throw new ParameterException(
+            commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Checkpoint sync", errorSuffix));
+      }
+      if (syncMode == SyncMode.SNAP || syncMode == SyncMode.X_SNAP) {
+        throw new ParameterException(commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Snap sync", errorSuffix));
+      }
+    }
     return genesisConfigOptions;
   }
 
@@ -1673,8 +1640,8 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
 
     CommandLineUtils.failIfOptionDoesntMeetRequirement(
         commandLine,
-        "--Xcheckpoint-post-merge-enabled can only be used with X_CHECKPOINT sync-mode",
-        SyncMode.X_CHECKPOINT.equals(getDefaultSyncModeIfNotSet()),
+        "--Xcheckpoint-post-merge-enabled can only be used with CHECKPOINT sync-mode",
+        SyncMode.isCheckpointSync(getDefaultSyncModeIfNotSet()),
         singletonList("--Xcheckpoint-post-merge-enabled"));
 
     CommandLineUtils.failIfOptionDoesntMeetRequirement(
@@ -1692,24 +1659,13 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
           "--node-private-key-file",
           "--security-module=" + DEFAULT_SECURITY_MODULE);
     }
-
-    if (isPruningEnabled()) {
-      if (dataStorageOptions
-          .toDomainObject()
-          .getDataStorageFormat()
-          .equals(DataStorageFormat.BONSAI)) {
-        logger.warn("Forest pruning is ignored with Bonsai data storage format.");
-      } else {
-        logger.warn(
-            "Forest pruning is deprecated and will be removed soon. To save disk space consider switching to Bonsai data storage format.");
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   private void configure() throws Exception {
     checkPortClash();
     checkIfRequiredPortsAreAvailable();
     syncMode = getDefaultSyncModeIfNotSet();
+    versionCompatibilityProtection = getDefaultVersionCompatibilityProtectionIfNotSet();
 
     ethNetworkConfig = updateNetworkConfig(network);
 
@@ -1739,7 +1695,8 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
             unstableIpcOptions.isEnabled(),
             unstableIpcOptions.getIpcPath(),
             unstableIpcOptions.getRpcIpcApis());
-    apiConfiguration = apiConfiguration();
+    apiConfiguration = apiConfigurationOptions.apiConfiguration(getMiningParameters());
+    dataStorageConfiguration = getDataStorageConfiguration();
     // hostsWhitelist is a hidden option. If it is specified, add the list to hostAllowlist
     if (!hostsWhitelist.isEmpty()) {
       // if allowlist == default values, remove the default values
@@ -1802,10 +1759,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     }
   }
 
-  private BesuController initController() {
-    return buildController();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Builds BesuController
    *
@@ -1827,6 +1780,11 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    * @return instance of BesuControllerBuilder
    */
   public BesuControllerBuilder getControllerBuilder() {
+    pluginCommonConfiguration.init(
+        dataDir(),
+        dataDir().resolve(DATABASE_PATH),
+        getDataStorageConfiguration(),
+        getMiningParameters());
     final KeyValueStorageProvider storageProvider = keyValueStorageProvider(keyValueStorageName);
     return controllerBuilderFactory
         .fromEthNetworkConfig(
@@ -1834,9 +1792,8 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .synchronizerConfiguration(buildSyncConfig())
         .ethProtocolConfiguration(unstableEthProtocolOptions.toDomainObject())
         .networkConfiguration(unstableNetworkingOptions.toDomainObject())
-        .transactionSelectorFactory(getTransactionSelectorFactory())
-        .pluginTransactionValidatorFactory(getPluginTransactionValidatorFactory())
         .dataDirectory(dataDir())
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(getDataStorageConfiguration())
         .miningParameters(getMiningParameters())
         .transactionPoolConfiguration(buildTransactionPoolConfiguration())
         .nodeKey(new NodeKey(securityModule()))
@@ -1847,9 +1804,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .clock(Clock.systemUTC())
         .isRevertReasonEnabled(isRevertReasonEnabled)
         .storageProvider(storageProvider)
-        .isPruningEnabled(isPruningEnabled())
-        .pruningConfiguration(
-            new PrunerConfiguration(pruningBlockConfirmations, pruningBlocksRetained))
         .genesisConfigOverrides(genesisConfigOverrides)
         .gasLimitCalculator(
             getMiningParameters().getTargetGasLimit().isPresent()
@@ -1858,28 +1812,13 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .requiredBlocks(requiredBlocks)
         .reorgLoggingThreshold(reorgLoggingThreshold)
         .evmConfiguration(unstableEvmOptions.toDomainObject())
-        .dataStorageConfiguration(dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject())
         .maxPeers(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.maxPeers)
-        .lowerBoundPeers(peersLowerBound)
         .maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers(maxRemoteInitiatedPeers)
         .randomPeerPriority(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.randomPeerPriority)
         .chainPruningConfiguration(unstableChainPruningOptions.toDomainObject())
         .cacheLastBlocks(numberOfblocksToCache);
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  private Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> getTransactionSelectorFactory() {
-    final Optional<TransactionSelectionService> txSelectionService =
-        besuPluginContext.getService(TransactionSelectionService.class);
-    return txSelectionService.isPresent() ? txSelectionService.get().get() : Optional.empty();
-  }
-
-  private PluginTransactionValidatorFactory getPluginTransactionValidatorFactory() {
-    final Optional<PluginTransactionValidatorService> txSValidatorService =
-        besuPluginContext.getService(PluginTransactionValidatorService.class);
-    return txSValidatorService.map(PluginTransactionValidatorService::get).orElse(null);
-  }
-
   private JsonRpcConfiguration createEngineJsonRpcConfiguration(
       final Integer engineListenPort, final List<String> allowCallsFrom) {
     jsonRpcHttpOptions.checkDependencies(logger, commandLine);
@@ -1917,32 +1856,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
             "--privacy-tls-known-enclave-file"));
   }
 
-  private ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration() {
-    checkApiOptionsDependencies();
-    var builder =
-        ImmutableApiConfiguration.builder()
-            .gasPriceBlocks(apiGasPriceBlocks)
-            .gasPricePercentile(apiGasPricePercentile)
-            .gasPriceMinSupplier(
-                getMiningParameters().getMinTransactionGasPrice().getAsBigInteger()::longValueExact)
-            .gasPriceMax(apiGasPriceMax)
-            .maxLogsRange(rpcMaxLogsRange)
-            .gasCap(rpcGasCap)
-            .isGasAndPriorityFeeLimitingEnabled(apiGasAndPriorityFeeLimitingEnabled)
-            .maxTraceFilterRange(maxTraceFilterRange);
-    if (apiGasAndPriorityFeeLimitingEnabled) {
-      if (apiGasAndPriorityFeeLowerBoundCoefficient > apiGasAndPriorityFeeUpperBoundCoefficient) {
-        throw new ParameterException(
-            this.commandLine,
-            "--api-gas-and-priority-fee-lower-bound-coefficient cannot be greater than the value of --api-gas-and-priority-fee-upper-bound-coefficient");
-      }
-      builder
-          .lowerBoundGasAndPriorityFeeCoefficient(apiGasAndPriorityFeeLowerBoundCoefficient)
-          .upperBoundGasAndPriorityFeeCoefficient(apiGasAndPriorityFeeUpperBoundCoefficient);
-    }
-    return builder.build();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Metrics Configuration for Besu
    *
@@ -2020,8 +1933,15 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       if (syncMode == SyncMode.FAST) {
         throw new ParameterException(commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Fast sync", errorSuffix));
       }
-      if (isPruningEnabled()) {
-        throw new ParameterException(commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Pruning", errorSuffix));
+      if (syncMode == SyncMode.SNAP || syncMode == SyncMode.X_SNAP) {
+        throw new ParameterException(commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Snap sync", errorSuffix));
+      }
+      if (syncMode == SyncMode.CHECKPOINT || syncMode == SyncMode.X_CHECKPOINT) {
+        throw new ParameterException(
+            commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Checkpoint sync", errorSuffix));
+      }
+      if (getDataStorageConfiguration().getDataStorageFormat().equals(DataStorageFormat.BONSAI)) {
+        throw new ParameterException(commandLine, String.format("%s %s", "Bonsai", errorSuffix));
       }
 
       if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(privacyOptionGroup.isPrivacyMultiTenancyEnabled)
@@ -2165,6 +2085,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   }
 
   private TransactionPoolConfiguration buildTransactionPoolConfiguration() {
+    transactionPoolOptions.setPluginTransactionValidatorService(transactionValidatorServiceImpl);
     final var txPoolConf = transactionPoolOptions.toDomainObject();
     final var txPoolConfBuilder =
         ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration.builder()
@@ -2206,13 +2127,26 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
 
   private MiningParameters getMiningParameters() {
     if (miningParameters == null) {
-      miningOptions.setGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(
-          getGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(getActualGenesisConfigOptions()));
+      miningOptions.setTransactionSelectionService(transactionSelectionServiceImpl);
       miningParameters = miningOptions.toDomainObject();
+      getGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(getActualGenesisConfigOptions())
+          .ifPresent(miningParameters::setBlockPeriodSeconds);
+      initMiningParametersMetrics(miningParameters);
     }
     return miningParameters;
   }
 
+  private DataStorageConfiguration getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    if (dataStorageConfiguration == null) {
+      dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject();
+    }
+    return dataStorageConfiguration;
+  }
+
+  private void initMiningParametersMetrics(final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
+    new MiningParametersMetrics(getMetricsSystem(), miningParameters);
+  }
+
   private OptionalInt getGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(
       final GenesisConfigOptions genesisConfigOptions) {
     if (genesisConfigOptions.isClique()) {
@@ -2230,10 +2164,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     return OptionalInt.empty();
   }
 
-  private boolean isPruningEnabled() {
-    return pruningEnabled;
-  }
-
   // Blockchain synchronization from peers.
   private Runner synchronize(
       final BesuController controller,
@@ -2563,11 +2493,12 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .forEach(
             port -> {
               if (port.equals(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.p2pPort)
-                  && !NetworkUtility.isPortAvailable(port)) {
+                  && (NetworkUtility.isPortUnavailableForTcp(port)
+                      || NetworkUtility.isPortUnavailableForUdp(port))) {
                 unavailablePorts.add(port);
               }
               if (!port.equals(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.p2pPort)
-                  && !NetworkUtility.isPortAvailableForTcp(port)) {
+                  && NetworkUtility.isPortUnavailableForTcp(port)) {
                 unavailablePorts.add(port);
               }
             });
@@ -2623,22 +2554,14 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     return loggingLevelOption.getLogLevel();
   }
 
-  private class BesuCommandConfigurationService implements BesuConfiguration {
-
-    @Override
-    public Path getStoragePath() {
-      return dataDir().resolve(DATABASE_PATH);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Path getDataPath() {
-      return dataDir();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getDatabaseVersion() {
-      return dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getDataStorageFormat().getDatabaseVersion();
-    }
+  /**
+   * Returns the flag indicating that version compatibility checks will be made.
+   *
+   * @return true if compatibility checks should be made, otherwise false
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public Boolean getVersionCompatibilityProtection() {
+    return versionCompatibilityProtection;
   }
 
   private void instantiateSignatureAlgorithmFactory() {
@@ -2657,10 +2580,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       SignatureAlgorithmFactory.setInstance(SignatureAlgorithmType.create(ecCurve.get()));
     } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
       throw new CommandLine.InitializationException(
-          new StringBuilder()
-              .append("Invalid genesis file configuration for ecCurve. ")
-              .append(e.getMessage())
-              .toString());
+          "Invalid genesis file configuration for ecCurve. " + e.getMessage());
     }
   }
 
@@ -2744,11 +2664,17 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .orElse(
             genesisFile == null
                     && !privacyOptionGroup.isPrivacyEnabled
-                    && Optional.ofNullable(network).map(NetworkName::canFastSync).orElse(false)
-                ? SyncMode.FAST
+                    && Optional.ofNullable(network).map(NetworkName::canSnapSync).orElse(false)
+                ? SyncMode.SNAP
                 : SyncMode.FULL);
   }
 
+  private Boolean getDefaultVersionCompatibilityProtectionIfNotSet() {
+    // Version compatibility protection is enabled by default for non-named networks
+    return Optional.ofNullable(versionCompatibilityProtection)
+        .orElse(commandLine.getParseResult().hasMatchedOption("network") ? false : true);
+  }
+
   private String generateConfigurationOverview() {
     final ConfigurationOverviewBuilder builder = new ConfigurationOverviewBuilder(logger);
 
@@ -2799,14 +2725,15 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       builder.setHighSpecEnabled();
     }
 
-    if (dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getUnstable().getBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled()) {
+    if (getDataStorageConfiguration().getUnstable().getBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled()) {
       builder.setLimitTrieLogsEnabled();
-      builder.setTrieLogRetentionLimit(
-          dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad());
+      builder.setTrieLogRetentionLimit(getDataStorageConfiguration().getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad());
       builder.setTrieLogsPruningWindowSize(
-          dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getUnstable().getBonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize());
+          getDataStorageConfiguration().getUnstable().getBonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize());
     }
 
+    builder.setSnapServerEnabled(this.unstableSynchronizerOptions.isSnapsyncServerEnabled());
+
     builder.setTxPoolImplementation(buildTransactionPoolConfiguration().getTxPoolImplementation());
     builder.setWorldStateUpdateMode(unstableEvmOptions.toDomainObject().worldUpdaterMode());
 

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/ConfigurationOverviewBuilder.java

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class ConfigurationOverviewBuilder {
   private boolean isBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled = false;
   private long trieLogRetentionLimit = 0;
   private Integer trieLogsPruningWindowSize = null;
+  private boolean isSnapServerEnabled = false;
   private TransactionPoolConfiguration.Implementation txPoolImplementation;
   private EvmConfiguration.WorldUpdaterMode worldStateUpdateMode;
   private Map<String, String> environment;
@@ -219,6 +220,17 @@ public class ConfigurationOverviewBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets snap server enabled/disabled
+   *
+   * @param snapServerEnabled bool to indicate if snap server is enabled
+   * @return the builder
+   */
+  public ConfigurationOverviewBuilder setSnapServerEnabled(final boolean snapServerEnabled) {
+    isSnapServerEnabled = snapServerEnabled;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sets trie logs pruning window size
    *
@@ -339,6 +351,10 @@ public class ConfigurationOverviewBuilder {
 
     lines.add("Using " + worldStateUpdateMode + " worldstate update mode");
 
+    if (isSnapServerEnabled) {
+      lines.add("Experimental Snap Sync server enabled");
+    }
+
     if (isBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled) {
       final StringBuilder trieLogPruningString = new StringBuilder();
       trieLogPruningString

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/DefaultCommandValues.java

@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ public interface DefaultCommandValues {
   int SYNC_MIN_PEER_COUNT = 5;
   /** The constant DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS. */
   int DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS = 25;
-  /** The constant DEFAULT_P2P_PEER_LOWER_BOUND. */
-  int DEFAULT_P2P_PEER_LOWER_BOUND = 25;
   /** The constant DEFAULT_HTTP_MAX_CONNECTIONS. */
   int DEFAULT_HTTP_MAX_CONNECTIONS = 80;
   /** The constant DEFAULT_HTTP_MAX_BATCH_SIZE. */

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/config/NetworkName.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.config;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public enum NetworkName {
   GOERLI("/goerli.json", BigInteger.valueOf(5)),
   /** Holešky network name. */
   HOLESKY("/holesky.json", BigInteger.valueOf(17000)),
+  KAUSTINEN("/kaustinen.json", BigInteger.valueOf(69420)),
 
   /** Dev network name. */
   DEV("/dev.json", BigInteger.valueOf(2018), false),
@@ -43,17 +45,17 @@ public enum NetworkName {
 
   private final String genesisFile;
   private final BigInteger networkId;
-  private final boolean canFastSync;
+  private final boolean canSnapSync;
   private final String deprecationDate;
 
   NetworkName(final String genesisFile, final BigInteger networkId) {
     this(genesisFile, networkId, true);
   }
 
-  NetworkName(final String genesisFile, final BigInteger networkId, final boolean canFastSync) {
+  NetworkName(final String genesisFile, final BigInteger networkId, final boolean canSnapSync) {
     this.genesisFile = genesisFile;
     this.networkId = networkId;
-    this.canFastSync = canFastSync;
+    this.canSnapSync = canSnapSync;
     // no deprecations planned
     this.deprecationDate = null;
   }
@@ -77,12 +79,12 @@ public enum NetworkName {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Can fast sync boolean.
+   * Can SNAP sync boolean.
    *
    * @return the boolean
    */
-  public boolean canFastSync() {
-    return canFastSync;
+  public boolean canSnapSync() {
+    return canSnapSync;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ public enum NetworkName {
    * @return the string
    */
   public String normalize() {
-    return StringUtils.capitalize(name().toLowerCase());
+    return StringUtils.capitalize(name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
   }
 
   /**

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/config/ProfileName.java

@@ -14,9 +14,21 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.config;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 /** Enum for profile names. Each profile corresponds to a configuration file. */
 public enum ProfileName {
-  /** The 'DEV' profile. Corresponds to the 'profiles/dev.toml' configuration file. */
+  /** The 'STAKER' profile */
+  STAKER("profiles/staker.toml"),
+  /** The 'MINIMALIST_STAKER' profile */
+  MINIMALIST_STAKER("profiles/minimalist-staker.toml"),
+  /** The 'ENTERPRISE' profile */
+  ENTERPRISE("profiles/enterprise-private.toml"),
+  /** The 'PRIVATE' profile */
+  PRIVATE("profiles/enterprise-private.toml"),
+  /** The 'DEV' profile. */
   DEV("profiles/dev.toml");
 
   private final String configFile;
@@ -38,4 +50,9 @@ public enum ProfileName {
   public String getConfigFile() {
     return configFile;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return StringUtils.capitalize(name().replaceAll("_", " ").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
+  }
 }

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/converter/MetricCategoryConverter.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class MetricCategoryConverter implements CommandLine.ITypeConverter<Metri
    * @param metricCategory the metric category
    */
   public void addRegistryCategory(final MetricCategory metricCategory) {
-    metricCategories.put(metricCategory.getName().toUpperCase(), metricCategory);
+    metricCategories.put(metricCategory.getName().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT), metricCategory);
   }
 
   /**

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/MiningOptions.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters.DEFAULT_NON_POA_BLOCK_TXS_SELECTION_MAX_TIME;
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.ImmutableMiningParameters;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.ImmutableMiningParameters.MutableInitValues;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSelectionService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.number.PositiveNumber;
 
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ public class MiningOptions implements CLIOptions<MiningParameters> {
         DEFAULT_POS_BLOCK_CREATION_REPETITION_MIN_DURATION;
   }
 
-  private OptionalInt maybeGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds;
+  private TransactionSelectionService transactionSelectionService;
 
   private MiningOptions() {}
 
@@ -203,13 +204,13 @@ public class MiningOptions implements CLIOptions<MiningParameters> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Set the optional genesis block period per seconds
+   * Set the transaction selection service
    *
-   * @param genesisBlockPeriodSeconds if the network is PoA then the block period in seconds
-   *     specified in the genesis file, otherwise empty.
+   * @param transactionSelectionService the transaction selection service
    */
-  public void setGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(final OptionalInt genesisBlockPeriodSeconds) {
-    maybeGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds = genesisBlockPeriodSeconds;
+  public void setTransactionSelectionService(
+      final TransactionSelectionService transactionSelectionService) {
+    this.transactionSelectionService = transactionSelectionService;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ public class MiningOptions implements CLIOptions<MiningParameters> {
 
   static MiningOptions fromConfig(final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
     final MiningOptions miningOptions = MiningOptions.create();
-    miningOptions.setGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(miningParameters.getGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds());
+    miningOptions.setTransactionSelectionService(miningParameters.getTransactionSelectionService());
     miningOptions.isMiningEnabled = miningParameters.isMiningEnabled();
     miningOptions.iStratumMiningEnabled = miningParameters.isStratumMiningEnabled();
     miningOptions.stratumNetworkInterface = miningParameters.getStratumNetworkInterface();
@@ -333,10 +334,9 @@ public class MiningOptions implements CLIOptions<MiningParameters> {
 
   @Override
   public MiningParameters toDomainObject() {
-    if (maybeGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(
-          "genesisBlockPeriodSeconds must be set before using this object");
-    }
+    checkNotNull(
+        transactionSelectionService,
+        "transactionSelectionService must be set before using this object");
 
     final var updatableInitValuesBuilder =
         MutableInitValues.builder()
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public class MiningOptions implements CLIOptions<MiningParameters> {
     }
 
     return ImmutableMiningParameters.builder()
-        .genesisBlockPeriodSeconds(maybeGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds)
+        .transactionSelectionService(transactionSelectionService)
         .mutableInitValues(updatableInitValuesBuilder.build())
         .isStratumMiningEnabled(iStratumMiningEnabled)
         .stratumNetworkInterface(stratumNetworkInterface)

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/TransactionPoolOptions.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionPoolValidatorService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.number.Fraction;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.util.number.Percentage;
 
@@ -51,12 +52,15 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
   private static final String TX_POOL_ENABLE_SAVE_RESTORE = "--tx-pool-enable-save-restore";
   private static final String TX_POOL_SAVE_FILE = "--tx-pool-save-file";
   private static final String TX_POOL_PRICE_BUMP = "--tx-pool-price-bump";
+  private static final String TX_POOL_BLOB_PRICE_BUMP = "--tx-pool-blob-price-bump";
   private static final String RPC_TX_FEECAP = "--rpc-tx-feecap";
   private static final String STRICT_TX_REPLAY_PROTECTION_ENABLED_FLAG =
       "--strict-tx-replay-protection-enabled";
   private static final String TX_POOL_PRIORITY_SENDERS = "--tx-pool-priority-senders";
   private static final String TX_POOL_MIN_GAS_PRICE = "--tx-pool-min-gas-price";
 
+  private TransactionPoolValidatorService transactionPoolValidatorService;
+
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {TX_POOL_IMPLEMENTATION},
       paramLabel = "<Enum>",
@@ -99,6 +103,15 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
       arity = "1")
   private Percentage priceBump = TransactionPoolConfiguration.DEFAULT_PRICE_BUMP;
 
+  @CommandLine.Option(
+      names = {TX_POOL_BLOB_PRICE_BUMP},
+      paramLabel = "<Percentage>",
+      converter = PercentageConverter.class,
+      description =
+          "Blob price bump percentage to replace an already existing transaction blob tx (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})",
+      arity = "1")
+  private Percentage blobPriceBump = TransactionPoolConfiguration.DEFAULT_BLOB_PRICE_BUMP;
+
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {RPC_TX_FEECAP},
       description =
@@ -252,6 +265,16 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
     return new TransactionPoolOptions();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the plugin txpool validator service
+   *
+   * @param transactionPoolValidatorService the plugin txpool validator service
+   */
+  public void setPluginTransactionValidatorService(
+      final TransactionPoolValidatorService transactionPoolValidatorService) {
+    this.transactionPoolValidatorService = transactionPoolValidatorService;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create Transaction Pool Options from Transaction Pool Configuration.
    *
@@ -264,6 +287,7 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
     options.saveRestoreEnabled = config.getEnableSaveRestore();
     options.noLocalPriority = config.getNoLocalPriority();
     options.priceBump = config.getPriceBump();
+    options.blobPriceBump = config.getBlobPriceBump();
     options.txFeeCap = config.getTxFeeCap();
     options.saveFile = config.getSaveFile();
     options.strictTxReplayProtectionEnabled = config.getStrictTransactionReplayProtectionEnabled();
@@ -277,6 +301,7 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
         config.getTxPoolLimitByAccountPercentage();
     options.sequencedOptions.txPoolMaxSize = config.getTxPoolMaxSize();
     options.sequencedOptions.pendingTxRetentionPeriod = config.getPendingTxRetentionPeriod();
+    options.transactionPoolValidatorService = config.getTransactionPoolValidatorService();
     options.unstableOptions.txMessageKeepAliveSeconds =
         config.getUnstable().getTxMessageKeepAliveSeconds();
     options.unstableOptions.eth65TrxAnnouncedBufferingPeriod =
@@ -320,6 +345,7 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
         .enableSaveRestore(saveRestoreEnabled)
         .noLocalPriority(noLocalPriority)
         .priceBump(priceBump)
+        .blobPriceBump(blobPriceBump)
         .txFeeCap(txFeeCap)
         .saveFile(saveFile)
         .strictTransactionReplayProtectionEnabled(strictTxReplayProtectionEnabled)
@@ -331,6 +357,7 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptions implements CLIOptions<TransactionPoolConfigu
         .txPoolLimitByAccountPercentage(sequencedOptions.txPoolLimitByAccountPercentage)
         .txPoolMaxSize(sequencedOptions.txPoolMaxSize)
         .pendingTxRetentionPeriod(sequencedOptions.pendingTxRetentionPeriod)
+        .transactionPoolValidatorService(transactionPoolValidatorService)
         .unstable(
             ImmutableTransactionPoolConfiguration.Unstable.builder()
                 .txMessageKeepAliveSeconds(unstableOptions.txMessageKeepAliveSeconds)

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/DataStorageOptions.java

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable;
 
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_BONSAI_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_RECEIPT_COMPACTION_ENABLED;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.Unstable.DEFAULT_BONSAI_CODE_USING_CODE_HASH_ENABLED;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.Unstable.DEFAULT_BONSAI_LIMIT_TRIE_LOGS_ENABLED;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.Unstable.DEFAULT_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_PRUNING_WINDOW_SIZE;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.Unstable.MINIMUM_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_RETENTION_LIMIT;
@@ -24,10 +26,11 @@ import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.CLIOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.CommandLineUtils;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
       description =
           "Format to store trie data in.  Either FOREST or BONSAI (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE}).",
       arity = "1")
-  private DataStorageFormat dataStorageFormat = DataStorageFormat.FOREST;
+  private DataStorageFormat dataStorageFormat = DataStorageFormat.BONSAI;
 
   @Option(
       names = {BONSAI_STORAGE_FORMAT_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD, "--bonsai-maximum-back-layers-to-load"},
@@ -60,6 +63,12 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
       arity = "1")
   private Long bonsaiMaxLayersToLoad = DEFAULT_BONSAI_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD;
 
+  @Option(
+      names = "--receipt-compaction-enabled",
+      description = "Enables compact storing of receipts (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE}).",
+      arity = "1")
+  private Boolean receiptCompactionEnabled = DEFAULT_RECEIPT_COMPACTION_ENABLED;
+
   @CommandLine.ArgGroup(validate = false)
   private final DataStorageOptions.Unstable unstableOptions = new Unstable();
 
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
 
     @CommandLine.Option(
         hidden = true,
-        names = {BONSAI_LIMIT_TRIE_LOGS_ENABLED},
+        names = {BONSAI_LIMIT_TRIE_LOGS_ENABLED, "--Xbonsai-trie-log-pruning-enabled"},
         description =
             "Limit the number of trie logs that are retained. (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
     private boolean bonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled = DEFAULT_BONSAI_LIMIT_TRIE_LOGS_ENABLED;
@@ -85,6 +94,14 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
         description =
             "The max number of blocks to load and prune trie logs for at startup. (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
     private int bonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize = DEFAULT_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_PRUNING_WINDOW_SIZE;
+
+    @CommandLine.Option(
+        hidden = true,
+        names = {"--Xbonsai-code-using-code-hash-enabled"},
+        arity = "1",
+        description =
+            "Enables code storage using code hash instead of by account hash. (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
+    private boolean bonsaiCodeUsingCodeHashEnabled = DEFAULT_BONSAI_CODE_USING_CODE_HASH_ENABLED;
   }
   /**
    * Create data storage options.
@@ -130,14 +147,23 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
     }
   }
 
-  static DataStorageOptions fromConfig(final DataStorageConfiguration domainObject) {
+  /**
+   * Converts to options from the configuration
+   *
+   * @param domainObject to be reversed
+   * @return the options that correspond to the configuration
+   */
+  public static DataStorageOptions fromConfig(final DataStorageConfiguration domainObject) {
     final DataStorageOptions dataStorageOptions = DataStorageOptions.create();
     dataStorageOptions.dataStorageFormat = domainObject.getDataStorageFormat();
     dataStorageOptions.bonsaiMaxLayersToLoad = domainObject.getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad();
+    dataStorageOptions.receiptCompactionEnabled = domainObject.getReceiptCompactionEnabled();
     dataStorageOptions.unstableOptions.bonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled =
         domainObject.getUnstable().getBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled();
     dataStorageOptions.unstableOptions.bonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize =
         domainObject.getUnstable().getBonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize();
+    dataStorageOptions.unstableOptions.bonsaiCodeUsingCodeHashEnabled =
+        domainObject.getUnstable().getBonsaiCodeStoredByCodeHashEnabled();
 
     return dataStorageOptions;
   }
@@ -147,10 +173,12 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
     return ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration.builder()
         .dataStorageFormat(dataStorageFormat)
         .bonsaiMaxLayersToLoad(bonsaiMaxLayersToLoad)
+        .receiptCompactionEnabled(receiptCompactionEnabled)
         .unstable(
             ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration.Unstable.builder()
                 .bonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled(unstableOptions.bonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled)
                 .bonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize(unstableOptions.bonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize)
+                .bonsaiCodeStoredByCodeHashEnabled(unstableOptions.bonsaiCodeUsingCodeHashEnabled)
                 .build())
         .build();
   }
@@ -166,6 +194,6 @@ public class DataStorageOptions implements CLIOptions<DataStorageConfiguration>
    * @return the normalized string
    */
   public String normalizeDataStorageFormat() {
-    return StringUtils.capitalize(dataStorageFormat.toString().toLowerCase());
+    return StringUtils.capitalize(dataStorageFormat.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
   }
 }

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/LoggingLevelOption.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.stable;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ public class LoggingLevelOption {
     if ("FATAL".equalsIgnoreCase(logLevel)) {
       System.out.println("FATAL level is deprecated");
       this.logLevel = "ERROR";
-    } else if (ACCEPTED_VALUES.contains(logLevel.toUpperCase())) {
-      this.logLevel = logLevel.toUpperCase();
+    } else if (ACCEPTED_VALUES.contains(logLevel.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT))) {
+      this.logLevel = logLevel.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
     } else {
       throw new CommandLine.ParameterException(
           spec.commandLine(), "Unknown logging value: " + logLevel);

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/unstable/NetworkingOptions.java

@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public class NetworkingOptions implements CLIOptions<NetworkingConfiguration> {
       hidden = true,
       names = PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG,
       description =
-          "Lower bound on the target number of P2P connections (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private Integer peerLowerBoundConfig = DefaultCommandValues.DEFAULT_P2P_PEER_LOWER_BOUND;
+          "(Deprecated) Lower bound on the target number of P2P connections (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
+  private final Integer peerLowerBoundConfig = DefaultCommandValues.DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS;
 
   private NetworkingOptions() {}
 
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ public class NetworkingOptions implements CLIOptions<NetworkingConfiguration> {
     cliOptions.initiateConnectionsFrequencySec =
         networkingConfig.getInitiateConnectionsFrequencySec();
     cliOptions.dnsDiscoveryServerOverride = networkingConfig.getDnsDiscoveryServerOverride();
-    cliOptions.peerLowerBoundConfig = networkingConfig.getPeerLowerBound();
 
     return cliOptions;
   }
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ public class NetworkingOptions implements CLIOptions<NetworkingConfiguration> {
     config.setDnsDiscoveryServerOverride(dnsDiscoveryServerOverride);
     config.getDiscovery().setDiscoveryV5Enabled(isPeerDiscoveryV5Enabled);
     config.getDiscovery().setFilterOnEnrForkId(filterOnEnrForkId);
-    config.setPeerLowerBound(peerLowerBoundConfig);
     return config;
   }
 

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/unstable/SynchronizerOptions.java

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   private static final String SNAP_FLAT_DB_HEALING_ENABLED_FLAG =
       "--Xsnapsync-synchronizer-flat-db-healing-enabled";
 
+  private static final String SNAP_SERVER_ENABLED_FLAG = "--Xsnapsync-server-enabled";
+
   private static final String CHECKPOINT_POST_MERGE_FLAG = "--Xcheckpoint-post-merge-enabled";
 
   /**
@@ -106,7 +108,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = DOWNLOADER_CHANGE_TARGET_THRESHOLD_BY_HEIGHT_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "200",
       paramLabel = "<LONG>",
       description =
           "Minimum height difference before switching fast sync download peers (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = DOWNLOADER_CHANGE_TARGET_THRESHOLD_BY_TD_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "1000000000000000000",
       paramLabel = "<UINT256>",
       description =
           "Minimum total difficulty difference before switching fast sync download peers (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = DOWNLOADER_HEADER_REQUEST_SIZE_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "200",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Number of headers to request per packet (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int downloaderHeaderRequestSize =
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = DOWNLOADER_CHECKPOINT_TIMEOUTS_PERMITTED_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "5",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Number of tries to attempt to download checkpoints before stopping (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = DOWNLOADER_CHAIN_SEGMENT_SIZE_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "200",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Distance between checkpoint headers (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int downloaderChainSegmentSize =
@@ -154,7 +151,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = DOWNLOADER_PARALLELISM_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "4",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Number of threads to provide to chain downloader (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int downloaderParallelism = SynchronizerConfiguration.DEFAULT_DOWNLOADER_PARALLELISM;
@@ -162,7 +158,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = TRANSACTIONS_PARALLELISM_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "2",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Number of threads to commit to transaction processing (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -179,7 +174,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = PIVOT_DISTANCE_FROM_HEAD_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "50",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Distance from initial chain head to fast sync target (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -188,7 +182,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = FULL_VALIDATION_RATE_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "0.1",
       paramLabel = "<FLOAT>",
       description = "Fraction of headers fast sync will fully validate (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private float fastSyncFullValidationRate = SynchronizerConfiguration.DEFAULT_FULL_VALIDATION_RATE;
@@ -196,7 +189,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = WORLD_STATE_HASH_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "384",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Fast sync world state hashes queried per request (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int worldStateHashCountPerRequest =
@@ -205,7 +197,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = WORLD_STATE_REQUEST_PARALLELISM_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "10",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Number of concurrent requests to use when downloading fast sync world state (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -215,7 +206,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = WORLD_STATE_MAX_REQUESTS_WITHOUT_PROGRESS_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "1000",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Number of world state requests accepted without progress before considering the download stalled (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -225,7 +215,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = WORLD_STATE_MIN_MILLIS_BEFORE_STALLING_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "300000",
       paramLabel = "<LONG>",
       description =
           "Minimum time in ms without progress before considering a world state download as stalled (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -235,7 +224,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = WORLD_STATE_TASK_CACHE_SIZE_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "1000000",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "The max number of pending node data requests cached in-memory during fast sync world state download. (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -245,7 +233,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_PIVOT_BLOCK_WINDOW_VALIDITY_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "126",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "The size of the pivot block window before having to change it (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -255,7 +242,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_PIVOT_BLOCK_DISTANCE_BEFORE_CACHING_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "60",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "The distance from the head before loading a pivot block into the cache to have a ready pivot block when the window is finished (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -265,7 +251,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_STORAGE_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "384",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Snap sync storage queried per request (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int snapsyncStorageCountPerRequest =
@@ -274,7 +259,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_BYTECODE_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "84",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Snap sync bytecode queried per request (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int snapsyncBytecodeCountPerRequest =
@@ -283,7 +267,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_TRIENODE_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "384",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description = "Snap sync trie node queried per request (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private int snapsyncTrieNodeCountPerRequest =
@@ -292,7 +275,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_FLAT_ACCOUNT_HEALED_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "128",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Snap sync flat accounts verified and healed per request (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -302,7 +284,6 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_FLAT_STORAGE_HEALED_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "1024",
       paramLabel = "<INTEGER>",
       description =
           "Snap sync flat slots verified and healed per request (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
@@ -312,12 +293,18 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = SNAP_FLAT_DB_HEALING_ENABLED_FLAG,
       hidden = true,
-      defaultValue = "false",
       paramLabel = "<Boolean>",
       description = "Snap sync flat db healing enabled (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
   private Boolean snapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled =
       SnapSyncConfiguration.DEFAULT_IS_FLAT_DB_HEALING_ENABLED;
 
+  @CommandLine.Option(
+      names = SNAP_SERVER_ENABLED_FLAG,
+      hidden = true,
+      paramLabel = "<Boolean>",
+      description = "Snap sync server enabled (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
+  private Boolean snapsyncServerEnabled = SnapSyncConfiguration.DEFAULT_SNAP_SERVER_ENABLED;
+
   @CommandLine.Option(
       names = {CHECKPOINT_POST_MERGE_FLAG},
       hidden = true,
@@ -328,21 +315,30 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
   private SynchronizerOptions() {}
 
   /**
-   * Create synchronizer options.
+   * Flag to know whether the flat db healing feature is enabled or disabled.
    *
-   * @return the synchronizer options
+   * @return true is the flat db healing is enabled
    */
-  public static SynchronizerOptions create() {
-    return new SynchronizerOptions();
+  public boolean isSnapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled() {
+    return snapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Flag to know whether the flat db healing feature is enabled or disabled.
+   * Flag to know whether the Snap sync server feature is enabled or disabled.
    *
-   * @return true is the flat db healing is enabled
+   * @return true if snap sync server is enabled
    */
-  public boolean isSnapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled() {
-    return snapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled;
+  public boolean isSnapsyncServerEnabled() {
+    return snapsyncServerEnabled;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create synchronizer options.
+   *
+   * @return the synchronizer options
+   */
+  public static SynchronizerOptions create() {
+    return new SynchronizerOptions();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -420,6 +416,7 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
             .localFlatAccountCountToHealPerRequest(snapsyncFlatAccountHealedCountPerRequest)
             .localFlatStorageCountToHealPerRequest(snapsyncFlatStorageHealedCountPerRequest)
             .isFlatDbHealingEnabled(snapsyncFlatDbHealingEnabled)
+            .isSnapServerEnabled(snapsyncServerEnabled)
             .build());
     builder.checkpointPostMergeEnabled(checkpointPostMergeSyncEnabled);
 
@@ -478,7 +475,9 @@ public class SynchronizerOptions implements CLIOptions<SynchronizerConfiguration
               SNAP_FLAT_ACCOUNT_HEALED_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
               OptionParser.format(snapsyncFlatAccountHealedCountPerRequest),
               SNAP_FLAT_STORAGE_HEALED_COUNT_PER_REQUEST_FLAG,
-              OptionParser.format(snapsyncFlatStorageHealedCountPerRequest)));
+              OptionParser.format(snapsyncFlatStorageHealedCountPerRequest),
+              SNAP_SERVER_ENABLED_FLAG,
+              OptionParser.format(snapsyncServerEnabled)));
     }
     return value;
   }

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/operator/GenerateBlockchainConfig.java

@@ -178,11 +178,9 @@ class GenerateBlockchainConfig implements Runnable {
 
       if (!SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM.get().isValidPublicKey(publicKey)) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            new StringBuilder()
-                .append(publicKeyText)
-                .append(" is not a valid public key for elliptic curve ")
-                .append(SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM.get().getCurveName())
-                .toString());
+            publicKeyText
+                + " is not a valid public key for elliptic curve "
+                + SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM.get().getCurveName());
       }
 
       writeKeypair(publicKey, null);
@@ -297,10 +295,7 @@ class GenerateBlockchainConfig implements Runnable {
       SignatureAlgorithmFactory.setInstance(SignatureAlgorithmType.create(ecCurve.get()));
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          new StringBuilder()
-              .append("Invalid parameter for ecCurve in genesis config: ")
-              .append(e.getMessage())
-              .toString());
+          "Invalid parameter for ecCurve in genesis config: " + e.getMessage());
     }
   }
 

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/RocksDbSubCommand.java

@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.rocksdb.ColumnFamilyDescriptor;
-import org.rocksdb.ColumnFamilyHandle;
-import org.rocksdb.Options;
-import org.rocksdb.RocksDB;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
@@ -37,12 +33,12 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.ParentCommand;
     description = "Print RocksDB information",
     mixinStandardHelpOptions = true,
     versionProvider = VersionProvider.class,
-    subcommands = {RocksDbSubCommand.RocksDbUsage.class})
+    subcommands = {RocksDbSubCommand.RocksDbUsage.class, RocksDbSubCommand.RocksDbStats.class})
 public class RocksDbSubCommand implements Runnable {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
   @ParentCommand
-  private StorageSubCommand parentCommand;
+  private StorageSubCommand storageSubCommand;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
   @CommandLine.Spec
@@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ public class RocksDbSubCommand implements Runnable {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     @ParentCommand
-    private RocksDbSubCommand parentCommand;
+    private RocksDbSubCommand rocksDbSubCommand;
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
@@ -74,42 +70,68 @@ public class RocksDbSubCommand implements Runnable {
       final PrintWriter out = spec.commandLine().getOut();
 
       final String dbPath =
-          parentCommand
-              .parentCommand
-              .parentCommand
+          rocksDbSubCommand
+              .storageSubCommand
+              .besuCommand
               .dataDir()
-              .toString()
-              .concat("/")
-              .concat(DATABASE_PATH);
-
-      RocksDB.loadLibrary();
-      Options options = new Options();
-      options.setCreateIfMissing(true);
-
-      // Open the RocksDB database with multiple column families
-      List<byte[]> cfNames;
-      try {
-        cfNames = RocksDB.listColumnFamilies(options, dbPath);
-      } catch (RocksDBException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      }
-      final List<ColumnFamilyHandle> cfHandles = new ArrayList<>();
-      final List<ColumnFamilyDescriptor> cfDescriptors = new ArrayList<>();
-      for (byte[] cfName : cfNames) {
-        cfDescriptors.add(new ColumnFamilyDescriptor(cfName));
-      }
-      RocksDbUsageHelper.printTableHeader(out);
-      try (final RocksDB rocksdb = RocksDB.openReadOnly(dbPath, cfDescriptors, cfHandles)) {
-        for (ColumnFamilyHandle cfHandle : cfHandles) {
-          RocksDbUsageHelper.printUsageForColumnFamily(rocksdb, cfHandle, out);
-        }
-      } catch (RocksDBException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      } finally {
-        for (ColumnFamilyHandle cfHandle : cfHandles) {
-          cfHandle.close();
-        }
-      }
+              .resolve(DATABASE_PATH)
+              .toString();
+
+      RocksDbHelper.printTableHeader(out);
+
+      final List<RocksDbHelper.ColumnFamilyUsage> columnFamilyUsages = new ArrayList<>();
+      RocksDbHelper.forEachColumnFamily(
+          dbPath,
+          (rocksdb, cfHandle) -> {
+            try {
+              columnFamilyUsages.add(
+                  RocksDbHelper.getAndPrintUsageForColumnFamily(rocksdb, cfHandle, out));
+            } catch (RocksDBException e) {
+              throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+          });
+      RocksDbHelper.printTotals(out, columnFamilyUsages);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Command(
+      name = "x-stats",
+      description = "Print rocksdb stats",
+      mixinStandardHelpOptions = true,
+      versionProvider = VersionProvider.class)
+  static class RocksDbStats implements Runnable {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    @CommandLine.Spec
+    private CommandLine.Model.CommandSpec spec;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    @ParentCommand
+    private RocksDbSubCommand rocksDbSubCommand;
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+
+      final PrintWriter out = spec.commandLine().getOut();
+
+      final String dbPath =
+          rocksDbSubCommand
+              .storageSubCommand
+              .besuCommand
+              .dataDir()
+              .resolve(DATABASE_PATH)
+              .toString();
+
+      out.println("Column Family Stats...");
+      RocksDbHelper.forEachColumnFamily(
+          dbPath,
+          (rocksdb, cfHandle) -> {
+            try {
+              RocksDbHelper.printStatsForColumnFamily(rocksdb, cfHandle, out);
+            } catch (RocksDBException e) {
+              throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+          });
     }
   }
 }

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/RocksDbUsageHelper.java

@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright contributors to Hyperledger Besu.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
- * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.subcommands.storage;
-
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
-
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-
-import org.bouncycastle.util.Arrays;
-import org.rocksdb.ColumnFamilyHandle;
-import org.rocksdb.RocksDB;
-import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/** RocksDB Usage subcommand helper methods for formatting and printing. */
-public class RocksDbUsageHelper {
-  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RocksDbUsageHelper.class);
-
-  static void printUsageForColumnFamily(
-      final RocksDB rocksdb, final ColumnFamilyHandle cfHandle, final PrintWriter out)
-      throws RocksDBException, NumberFormatException {
-    final String size = rocksdb.getProperty(cfHandle, "rocksdb.estimate-live-data-size");
-    final String numberOfKeys = rocksdb.getProperty(cfHandle, "rocksdb.estimate-num-keys");
-    boolean emptyColumnFamily = false;
-    if (!size.isBlank() && !numberOfKeys.isBlank()) {
-      try {
-        final long sizeLong = Long.parseLong(size);
-        final long numberOfKeysLong = Long.parseLong(numberOfKeys);
-        final String totalSstFilesSize =
-            rocksdb.getProperty(cfHandle, "rocksdb.total-sst-files-size");
-        final long totalSstFilesSizeLong =
-            !totalSstFilesSize.isBlank() ? Long.parseLong(totalSstFilesSize) : 0;
-        if (sizeLong == 0 && numberOfKeysLong == 0) {
-          emptyColumnFamily = true;
-        }
-
-        if (!emptyColumnFamily) {
-          printLine(
-              out,
-              getNameById(cfHandle.getName()),
-              rocksdb.getProperty(cfHandle, "rocksdb.estimate-num-keys"),
-              formatOutputSize(sizeLong),
-              formatOutputSize(totalSstFilesSizeLong));
-        }
-      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        LOG.error("Failed to parse string into long: " + e.getMessage());
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static String formatOutputSize(final long size) {
-    if (size > (1024 * 1024 * 1024)) {
-      long sizeInGiB = size / (1024 * 1024 * 1024);
-      return sizeInGiB + " GiB";
-    } else if (size > (1024 * 1024)) {
-      long sizeInMiB = size / (1024 * 1024);
-      return sizeInMiB + " MiB";
-    } else if (size > 1024) {
-      long sizeInKiB = size / 1024;
-      return sizeInKiB + " KiB";
-    } else {
-      return size + " B";
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static String getNameById(final byte[] id) {
-    for (KeyValueSegmentIdentifier segment : KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()) {
-      if (Arrays.areEqual(segment.getId(), id)) {
-        return segment.getName();
-      }
-    }
-    return null; // id not found
-  }
-
-  static void printTableHeader(final PrintWriter out) {
-    out.format(
-        "| Column Family                  | Keys            | Column Size  | SST Files Size  |\n");
-    out.format(
-        "|--------------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|\n");
-  }
-
-  static void printLine(
-      final PrintWriter out,
-      final String cfName,
-      final String keys,
-      final String columnSize,
-      final String sstFilesSize) {
-    final String format = "| %-30s | %-15s | %-12s | %-15s |\n";
-    out.format(format, cfName, keys, columnSize, sstFilesSize);
-  }
-}

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/StorageSubCommand.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.VariablesStorage.Keys.SEQ_NO_S
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.BesuCommand;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.VersionProvider;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.controller.BesuController;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.RLP;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.StorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Spec;
     subcommands = {
       StorageSubCommand.RevertVariablesStorage.class,
       RocksDbSubCommand.class,
-      TrieLogSubCommand.class
+      TrieLogSubCommand.class,
+      RevertMetadataSubCommand.class
     })
 public class StorageSubCommand implements Runnable {
 
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ public class StorageSubCommand implements Runnable {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
   @ParentCommand
-  BesuCommand parentCommand;
+  BesuCommand besuCommand;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
   @Spec
@@ -97,21 +99,19 @@ public class StorageSubCommand implements Runnable {
     public void run() {
       checkNotNull(parentCommand);
 
-      final var storageProvider = getStorageProvider();
+      final var storageProvider = createBesuController().getStorageProvider();
 
       revert(storageProvider);
     }
 
-    private StorageProvider getStorageProvider() {
-      // init collection of ignorable segments
-      parentCommand.parentCommand.setIgnorableStorageSegments();
-      return parentCommand.parentCommand.getStorageProvider();
+    private BesuController createBesuController() {
+      return parentCommand.besuCommand.buildController();
     }
 
     private void revert(final StorageProvider storageProvider) {
       final var variablesStorage = storageProvider.createVariablesStorage();
       final var blockchainStorage =
-          getStorageProvider().getStorageBySegmentIdentifier(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.BLOCKCHAIN);
+          storageProvider.getStorageBySegmentIdentifier(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.BLOCKCHAIN);
       final var blockchainUpdater = blockchainStorage.startTransaction();
       final var variablesUpdater = variablesStorage.updater();
 

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogHelper.java

@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
   private static final int ROCKSDB_MAX_INSERTS_PER_TRANSACTION = 1000;
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TrieLogHelper.class);
 
-  void prune(
+  boolean prune(
       final DataStorageConfiguration config,
       final BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage rootWorldStateStorage,
       final MutableBlockchain blockchain,
       final Path dataDirectoryPath) {
+
     final String batchFileNameBase =
         dataDirectoryPath.resolve(DATABASE_PATH).resolve(TRIE_LOG_FILE).toString();
 
@@ -82,10 +83,11 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
         lastBlockNumberToRetainTrieLogsFor,
         rootWorldStateStorage,
         layersToRetain)) {
-      return;
+      return false;
     }
 
     final long numberOfBatches = calculateNumberOfBatches(layersToRetain);
+    LOG.info("Retain {} trie logs, processing in {} batches", layersToRetain, numberOfBatches);
 
     processTrieLogBatches(
         rootWorldStateStorage,
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
             .count();
     if (countAfterPrune == layersToRetain) {
       if (deleteFiles(batchFileNameBase, numberOfBatches)) {
-        LOG.info("Prune ran successfully. Enjoy some disk space back! \uD83D\uDE80");
+        return true;
       } else {
         throw new IllegalStateException(
             "There was an error deleting the trie log backup files. Please ensure besu is working before deleting them manually.");
@@ -110,8 +112,11 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
     } else {
       throw new IllegalStateException(
           String.format(
-              "Remaining trie logs (%d) did not match %s (%d). Trie logs backup files have not been deleted, it is safe to rerun the subcommand.",
-              countAfterPrune, BONSAI_STORAGE_FORMAT_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD, layersToRetain));
+              "Remaining trie logs (%d) did not match %s (%d). Trie logs backup files (in %s) have not been deleted, it is safe to rerun the subcommand.",
+              countAfterPrune,
+              BONSAI_STORAGE_FORMAT_MAX_LAYERS_TO_LOAD,
+              layersToRetain,
+              batchFileNameBase));
     }
   }
 
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
       final List<Hash> trieLogKeys =
           getTrieLogKeysForBlocks(blockchain, firstBlockOfBatch, lastBlockOfBatch);
 
-      LOG.info("Saving trie logs to retain in file (batch {})...", batchNumber);
+      LOG.info("Saving trie logs to retain in file {} (batch {})...", batchFileName, batchNumber);
       saveTrieLogBatches(batchFileName, rootWorldStateStorage, trieLogKeys);
     }
 
@@ -319,7 +324,7 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
 
     File file = new File(batchFileName);
     if (file.exists()) {
-      LOG.error("File already exists, skipping file creation");
+      LOG.warn("File already exists {}, skipping file creation", batchFileName);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@ public class TrieLogHelper {
       final String batchFileName) {
     File file = new File(batchFileName);
     if (file.exists()) {
-      LOG.error("File already exists, skipping file creation");
+      LOG.warn("File already exists {}, skipping file creation", batchFileName);
       return;
     }
 

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogSubCommand.java

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.subcommands.storage;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.subcommands.storage.RocksDbHelper.formatOutputSize;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.controller.BesuController.DATABASE_PATH;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.TRIE_LOG_STORAGE;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.VersionProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.controller.BesuController;
@@ -25,16 +28,20 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.StorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.bonsai.storage.BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.trielog.TrieLogPruner;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
+import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
@@ -54,6 +61,8 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.ParentCommand;
     })
 public class TrieLogSubCommand implements Runnable {
 
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TrieLogSubCommand.class);
+
   @SuppressWarnings("UnusedVariable")
   @ParentCommand
   private static StorageSubCommand parentCommand;
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@ public class TrieLogSubCommand implements Runnable {
   }
 
   private static BesuController createBesuController() {
-    return parentCommand.parentCommand.buildController();
+    return parentCommand.besuCommand.buildController();
   }
 
   @Command(
@@ -123,13 +132,72 @@ public class TrieLogSubCommand implements Runnable {
       final TrieLogContext context = getTrieLogContext();
       final Path dataDirectoryPath =
           Paths.get(
-              TrieLogSubCommand.parentCommand.parentCommand.dataDir().toAbsolutePath().toString());
+              TrieLogSubCommand.parentCommand.besuCommand.dataDir().toAbsolutePath().toString());
+
+      LOG.info("Estimating trie logs size before pruning...");
+      long sizeBefore = estimatedSizeOfTrieLogs();
+      LOG.info("Estimated trie logs size before pruning: {}", formatOutputSize(sizeBefore));
+      LOG.info("Starting pruning...");
       final TrieLogHelper trieLogHelper = new TrieLogHelper();
-      trieLogHelper.prune(
-          context.config(),
-          context.rootWorldStateStorage(),
-          context.blockchain(),
-          dataDirectoryPath);
+      boolean success =
+          trieLogHelper.prune(
+              context.config(),
+              context.rootWorldStateStorage(),
+              context.blockchain(),
+              dataDirectoryPath);
+
+      if (success) {
+        LOG.info("Finished pruning. Re-estimating trie logs size...");
+        final long sizeAfter = estimatedSizeOfTrieLogs();
+        LOG.info(
+            "Estimated trie logs size after pruning: {} (0 B estimate is normal when using default settings)",
+            formatOutputSize(sizeAfter));
+        long estimatedSaving = sizeBefore - sizeAfter;
+        LOG.info(
+            "Prune ran successfully. We estimate you freed up {}! \uD83D\uDE80",
+            formatOutputSize(estimatedSaving));
+        spec.commandLine()
+            .getOut()
+            .printf(
+                "Prune ran successfully. We estimate you freed up %s! \uD83D\uDE80\n",
+                formatOutputSize(estimatedSaving));
+      }
+    }
+
+    private long estimatedSizeOfTrieLogs() {
+      final String dbPath =
+          TrieLogSubCommand.parentCommand
+              .besuCommand
+              .dataDir()
+              .toString()
+              .concat("/")
+              .concat(DATABASE_PATH);
+
+      AtomicLong estimatedSaving = new AtomicLong(0L);
+      try {
+        RocksDbHelper.forEachColumnFamily(
+            dbPath,
+            (rocksdb, cfHandle) -> {
+              try {
+                if (Arrays.equals(cfHandle.getName(), TRIE_LOG_STORAGE.getId())) {
+
+                  final long sstSize =
+                      Long.parseLong(rocksdb.getProperty(cfHandle, "rocksdb.total-sst-files-size"));
+                  final long blobSize =
+                      Long.parseLong(rocksdb.getProperty(cfHandle, "rocksdb.total-blob-file-size"));
+
+                  estimatedSaving.set(sstSize + blobSize);
+                }
+              } catch (RocksDBException | NumberFormatException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+              }
+            });
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        LOG.warn("Error while estimating trie log size, returning 0 for estimate", e);
+        return 0L;
+      }
+
+      return estimatedSaving.get();
     }
   }
 
@@ -169,7 +237,7 @@ public class TrieLogSubCommand implements Runnable {
         trieLogFilePath =
             Paths.get(
                 TrieLogSubCommand.parentCommand
-                    .parentCommand
+                    .besuCommand
                     .dataDir()
                     .resolve("trie-logs.bin")
                     .toAbsolutePath()
@@ -219,7 +287,7 @@ public class TrieLogSubCommand implements Runnable {
         trieLogFilePath =
             Paths.get(
                 TrieLogSubCommand.parentCommand
-                    .parentCommand
+                    .besuCommand
                     .dataDir()
                     .resolve("trie-logs.bin")
                     .toAbsolutePath()

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.GasLimitCalculator;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.methods.JsonRpcMethods;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.blockcreation.MiningCoordinator;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.BadBlockManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.BlockchainStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.ChainDataPruner;
@@ -88,11 +89,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.trielog.TrieLogPruner
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.verkle.VerkleWorldStateProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.verkle.storage.VerkleWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.ForestWorldStateArchive;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.MarkSweepPruner;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.Pruner;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.PrunerConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStatePreimageStorage;
@@ -101,8 +98,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.ObservableMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.MetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.permissioning.NodeMessagePermissioningProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txvalidator.PluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -162,10 +158,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
   GasLimitCalculator gasLimitCalculator;
   /** The Storage provider. */
   protected StorageProvider storageProvider;
-  /** The Is pruning enabled. */
-  protected boolean isPruningEnabled;
-  /** The Pruner configuration. */
-  protected PrunerConfiguration prunerConfiguration;
   /** The Required blocks. */
   protected Map<Long, Hash> requiredBlocks = Collections.emptyMap();
   /** The Reorg logging threshold. */
@@ -180,20 +172,18 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
   protected EvmConfiguration evmConfiguration;
   /** The Max peers. */
   protected int maxPeers;
+  /** Manages a cache of bad blocks globally */
+  protected final BadBlockManager badBlockManager = new BadBlockManager();
 
-  private int peerLowerBound;
   private int maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers;
   /** The Chain pruner configuration. */
   protected ChainPrunerConfiguration chainPrunerConfiguration = ChainPrunerConfiguration.DEFAULT;
 
   private NetworkingConfiguration networkingConfiguration;
   private Boolean randomPeerPriority;
-  private Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> transactionSelectorFactory = Optional.empty();
   /** the Dagger configured context that can provide dependencies */
   protected Optional<BesuComponent> besuComponent = Optional.empty();
 
-  private PluginTransactionValidatorFactory pluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
-
   private int numberOfBlocksToCache = 0;
 
   /**
@@ -377,28 +367,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Is pruning enabled besu controller builder.
-   *
-   * @param isPruningEnabled the is pruning enabled
-   * @return the besu controller builder
-   */
-  public BesuControllerBuilder isPruningEnabled(final boolean isPruningEnabled) {
-    this.isPruningEnabled = isPruningEnabled;
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Pruning configuration besu controller builder.
-   *
-   * @param prunerConfiguration the pruner configuration
-   * @return the besu controller builder
-   */
-  public BesuControllerBuilder pruningConfiguration(final PrunerConfiguration prunerConfiguration) {
-    this.prunerConfiguration = prunerConfiguration;
-    return this;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Genesis config overrides besu controller builder.
    *
@@ -478,22 +446,10 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Lower bound of peers where we stop actively trying to initiate new outgoing connections
-   *
-   * @param peerLowerBound lower bound of peers where we stop actively trying to initiate new
-   *     outgoing connections
-   * @return the besu controller builder
-   */
-  public BesuControllerBuilder lowerBoundPeers(final int peerLowerBound) {
-    this.peerLowerBound = peerLowerBound;
-    return this;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Maximum number of remotely initiated peer connections
    *
-   * @param maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers aximum number of remotely initiated peer connections
+   * @param maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers maximum number of remotely initiated peer connections
    * @return the besu controller builder
    */
   public BesuControllerBuilder maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers(final int maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers) {
@@ -514,7 +470,7 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
   }
 
   /**
-   * Chain pruning configuration besu controller builder.
+   * Sets the number of blocks to cache.
    *
    * @param numberOfBlocksToCache the number of blocks to cache
    * @return the besu controller builder
@@ -547,30 +503,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * sets the transactionSelectorFactory in the builder
-   *
-   * @param transactionSelectorFactory the optional transaction selector factory
-   * @return the besu controller builder
-   */
-  public BesuControllerBuilder transactionSelectorFactory(
-      final Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> transactionSelectorFactory) {
-    this.transactionSelectorFactory = transactionSelectorFactory;
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * sets the pluginTransactionValidatorFactory
-   *
-   * @param pluginTransactionValidatorFactory factory that creates plugin transaction Validators
-   * @return the besu controller builder
-   */
-  public BesuControllerBuilder pluginTransactionValidatorFactory(
-      final PluginTransactionValidatorFactory pluginTransactionValidatorFactory) {
-    this.pluginTransactionValidatorFactory = pluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
-    return this;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Build besu controller.
    *
@@ -592,12 +524,12 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
     checkNotNull(gasLimitCalculator, "Missing gas limit calculator");
     checkNotNull(evmConfiguration, "Missing evm config");
     checkNotNull(networkingConfiguration, "Missing network configuration");
+    checkNotNull(dataStorageConfiguration, "Missing data storage configuration");
     prepForBuild();
 
     final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule = createProtocolSchedule();
     final GenesisState genesisState =
-        GenesisState.fromConfig(
-            dataStorageConfiguration.getDataStorageFormat(), genesisConfig, protocolSchedule);
+        GenesisState.fromConfig(dataStorageConfiguration, genesisConfig, protocolSchedule);
 
     final VariablesStorage variablesStorage = storageProvider.createVariablesStorage();
 
@@ -605,7 +537,8 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
         storageProvider.createWorldStateStorageCoordinator(dataStorageConfiguration);
 
     final BlockchainStorage blockchainStorage =
-        storageProvider.createBlockchainStorage(protocolSchedule, variablesStorage);
+        storageProvider.createBlockchainStorage(
+            protocolSchedule, variablesStorage, dataStorageConfiguration);
 
     final MutableBlockchain blockchain =
         DefaultBlockchain.createMutable(
@@ -616,13 +549,14 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
             dataDirectory.toString(),
             numberOfBlocksToCache);
 
-    final BonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader cachedMerkleTrieLoader =
+    final BonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader bonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader =
         besuComponent
             .map(BesuComponent::getCachedMerkleTrieLoader)
             .orElseGet(() -> new BonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader(metricsSystem));
 
     final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive =
-        createWorldStateArchive(worldStateStorageCoordinator, blockchain, cachedMerkleTrieLoader);
+        createWorldStateArchive(
+            worldStateStorageCoordinator, blockchain, bonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader);
 
     if (blockchain.getChainHeadBlockNumber() < 1) {
       genesisState.writeStateTo(worldStateArchive.getMutable());
@@ -630,17 +564,10 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
 
     final ProtocolContext protocolContext =
         createProtocolContext(
-            blockchain,
-            worldStateArchive,
-            protocolSchedule,
-            this::createConsensusContext,
-            transactionSelectorFactory);
+            blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, this::createConsensusContext);
     validateContext(protocolContext);
 
     if (chainPrunerConfiguration.getChainPruningEnabled()) {
-      protocolContext
-          .safeConsensusContext(MergeContext.class)
-          .ifPresent(mergeContext -> mergeContext.setIsChainPruningEnabled(true));
       final ChainDataPruner chainDataPruner = createChainPruner(blockchainStorage);
       blockchain.observeBlockAdded(chainDataPruner);
       LOG.info(
@@ -653,25 +580,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
     protocolSchedule.setPublicWorldStateArchiveForPrivacyBlockProcessor(
         protocolContext.getWorldStateArchive());
 
-    Optional<Pruner> maybePruner = Optional.empty();
-    if (isPruningEnabled) {
-      if (dataStorageConfiguration.getDataStorageFormat().equals(DataStorageFormat.BONSAI)) {
-        LOG.warn(
-            "Cannot enable pruning with Bonsai data storage format. Disabling. Change the data storage format or disable pruning explicitly on the command line to remove this warning.");
-      } else {
-        maybePruner =
-            Optional.of(
-                new Pruner(
-                    new MarkSweepPruner(
-                        ((ForestWorldStateArchive) worldStateArchive).getWorldStateStorage(),
-                        blockchain,
-                        storageProvider.getStorageBySegmentIdentifier(
-                            KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.PRUNING_STATE),
-                        metricsSystem),
-                    blockchain,
-                    prunerConfiguration));
-      }
-    }
     final int maxMessageSize = ethereumWireProtocolConfiguration.getMaxMessageSize();
     final Supplier<ProtocolSpec> currentProtocolSpecSupplier =
         () -> protocolSchedule.getByBlockHeader(blockchain.getChainHeadHeader());
@@ -684,7 +592,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
             maxMessageSize,
             messagePermissioningProviders,
             nodeKey.getPublicKey().getEncodedBytes(),
-            peerLowerBound,
             maxPeers,
             maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers,
             randomPeerPriority);
@@ -729,8 +636,8 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
             metricsSystem,
             syncState,
             transactionPoolConfiguration,
-            pluginTransactionValidatorFactory,
-            besuComponent.map(BesuComponent::getBlobCache).orElse(new BlobCache()));
+            besuComponent.map(BesuComponent::getBlobCache).orElse(new BlobCache()),
+            miningParameters);
 
     final List<PeerValidator> peerValidators = createPeerValidators(protocolSchedule);
 
@@ -747,9 +654,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
             peerValidators,
             Optional.empty());
 
-    final Optional<SnapProtocolManager> maybeSnapProtocolManager =
-        createSnapProtocolManager(peerValidators, ethPeers, snapMessages, worldStateArchive);
-
     final PivotBlockSelector pivotBlockSelector =
         createPivotSelector(
             protocolSchedule, protocolContext, ethContext, syncState, metricsSystem);
@@ -759,7 +663,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
             protocolSchedule,
             worldStateStorageCoordinator,
             protocolContext,
-            maybePruner,
             ethContext,
             syncState,
             ethProtocolManager,
@@ -767,6 +670,10 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
 
     protocolContext.setSynchronizer(Optional.of(synchronizer));
 
+    final Optional<SnapProtocolManager> maybeSnapProtocolManager =
+        createSnapProtocolManager(
+            protocolContext, worldStateStorageCoordinator, ethPeers, snapMessages);
+
     final MiningCoordinator miningCoordinator =
         createMiningCoordinator(
             protocolSchedule,
@@ -850,7 +757,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
    * @param protocolSchedule the protocol schedule
    * @param worldStateStorageCoordinator the world state storage
    * @param protocolContext the protocol context
-   * @param maybePruner the maybe pruner
    * @param ethContext the eth context
    * @param syncState the sync state
    * @param ethProtocolManager the eth protocol manager
@@ -861,7 +767,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
       final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule,
       final WorldStateStorageCoordinator worldStateStorageCoordinator,
       final ProtocolContext protocolContext,
-      final Optional<Pruner> maybePruner,
       final EthContext ethContext,
       final SyncState syncState,
       final EthProtocolManager ethProtocolManager,
@@ -873,7 +778,6 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
         protocolContext,
         worldStateStorageCoordinator,
         ethProtocolManager.getBlockBroadcaster(),
-        maybePruner,
         ethContext,
         syncState,
         dataDirectory,
@@ -1073,36 +977,35 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
    * @param worldStateArchive the world state archive
    * @param protocolSchedule the protocol schedule
    * @param consensusContextFactory the consensus context factory
-   * @param transactionSelectorFactory optional transaction selector factory
    * @return the protocol context
    */
   protected ProtocolContext createProtocolContext(
       final MutableBlockchain blockchain,
       final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive,
       final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule,
-      final ConsensusContextFactory consensusContextFactory,
-      final Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> transactionSelectorFactory) {
+      final ConsensusContextFactory consensusContextFactory) {
     return ProtocolContext.init(
-        blockchain,
-        worldStateArchive,
-        protocolSchedule,
-        consensusContextFactory,
-        transactionSelectorFactory);
+        blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, consensusContextFactory, badBlockManager);
   }
 
   private Optional<SnapProtocolManager> createSnapProtocolManager(
-      final List<PeerValidator> peerValidators,
+      final ProtocolContext protocolContext,
+      final WorldStateStorageCoordinator worldStateStorageCoordinator,
       final EthPeers ethPeers,
-      final EthMessages snapMessages,
-      final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive) {
+      final EthMessages snapMessages) {
     return Optional.of(
-        new SnapProtocolManager(peerValidators, ethPeers, snapMessages, worldStateArchive));
+        new SnapProtocolManager(
+            worldStateStorageCoordinator,
+            syncConfig.getSnapSyncConfiguration(),
+            ethPeers,
+            snapMessages,
+            protocolContext));
   }
 
   WorldStateArchive createWorldStateArchive(
       final WorldStateStorageCoordinator worldStateStorageCoordinator,
       final Blockchain blockchain,
-      final BonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader cachedMerkleTrieLoader) {
+      final BonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader bonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader) {
     return switch (dataStorageConfiguration.getDataStorageFormat()) {
       case BONSAI -> {
         final BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage worldStateKeyValueStorage =
@@ -1111,7 +1014,7 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
             worldStateKeyValueStorage,
             blockchain,
             Optional.of(dataStorageConfiguration.getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad()),
-            cachedMerkleTrieLoader,
+            bonsaiCachedMerkleTrieLoader,
             besuComponent.map(BesuComponent::getBesuPluginContext).orElse(null),
             evmConfiguration);
       }
@@ -1121,7 +1024,9 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
         yield new VerkleWorldStateProvider(
             worldStateKeyValueStorage,
             blockchain,
-            Optional.of(dataStorageConfiguration.getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad()),
+            Optional.of(
+                dataStorageConfiguration
+                    .getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad()), // TODO having verkle configuration or generic
             besuComponent.map(BesuComponent::getBesuPluginContext).orElse(null),
             evmConfiguration);
       }
@@ -1183,8 +1088,7 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
 
     final CheckpointConfigOptions checkpointConfigOptions =
         genesisConfig.getConfigOptions(genesisConfigOverrides).getCheckpointOptions();
-    if (SyncMode.X_CHECKPOINT.equals(syncConfig.getSyncMode())
-        && checkpointConfigOptions.isValid()) {
+    if (SyncMode.isCheckpointSync(syncConfig.getSyncMode()) && checkpointConfigOptions.isValid()) {
       validators.add(
           new CheckpointBlocksPeerValidator(
               protocolSchedule,

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/CliqueBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueHelpers.installCliqueB
 import org.hyperledger.besu.config.CliqueConfigOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueBlockInterface;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueContext;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueForksSchedulesFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueMiningTracker;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.CliqueProtocolSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.blockcreation.CliqueBlockScheduler;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.blockcreation.CliqueMiningCoordinat
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.jsonrpc.CliqueJsonRpcMethods;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.BlockInterface;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.EpochManager;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.ForksSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.validator.blockbased.BlockValidatorProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
@@ -52,19 +54,17 @@ public class CliqueBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
 
   private Address localAddress;
   private EpochManager epochManager;
-  private long secondsBetweenBlocks;
-  private boolean createEmptyBlocks = true;
   private final BlockInterface blockInterface = new CliqueBlockInterface();
+  private ForksSchedule<CliqueConfigOptions> forksSchedule;
 
   @Override
   protected void prepForBuild() {
     localAddress = Util.publicKeyToAddress(nodeKey.getPublicKey());
     final CliqueConfigOptions cliqueConfig = configOptionsSupplier.get().getCliqueConfigOptions();
     final long blocksPerEpoch = cliqueConfig.getEpochLength();
-    secondsBetweenBlocks = cliqueConfig.getBlockPeriodSeconds();
-    createEmptyBlocks = cliqueConfig.getCreateEmptyBlocks();
 
     epochManager = new EpochManager(blocksPerEpoch);
+    forksSchedule = CliqueForksSchedulesFactory.create(configOptionsSupplier.get());
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ public class CliqueBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
                 clock,
                 protocolContext.getConsensusContext(CliqueContext.class).getValidatorProvider(),
                 localAddress,
-                secondsBetweenBlocks),
+                forksSchedule),
             epochManager,
-            createEmptyBlocks,
+            forksSchedule,
             ethProtocolManager.ethContext().getScheduler());
     final CliqueMiningCoordinator miningCoordinator =
         new CliqueMiningCoordinator(
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ public class CliqueBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
             miningExecutor,
             syncState,
             new CliqueMiningTracker(localAddress, protocolContext));
+
+    // Update the next block period in seconds according to the transition schedule
+    protocolContext
+        .getBlockchain()
+        .observeBlockAdded(
+            o ->
+                miningParameters.setBlockPeriodSeconds(
+                    forksSchedule
+                        .getFork(o.getBlock().getHeader().getNumber() + 1)
+                        .getValue()
+                        .getBlockPeriodSeconds()));
+
     miningCoordinator.addMinedBlockObserver(ethProtocolManager);
 
     // Clique mining is implicitly enabled.
@@ -113,10 +125,13 @@ public class CliqueBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
   protected ProtocolSchedule createProtocolSchedule() {
     return CliqueProtocolSchedule.create(
         configOptionsSupplier.get(),
+        forksSchedule,
         nodeKey,
         privacyParameters,
         isRevertReasonEnabled,
-        evmConfiguration);
+        evmConfiguration,
+        miningParameters,
+        badBlockManager);
   }
 
   @Override

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/ConsensusScheduleBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -56,13 +56,11 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ProtocolSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.SubProtocolConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.StorageProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.PrunerConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.ObservableMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.permissioning.NodeMessagePermissioningProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -175,14 +173,9 @@ public class ConsensusScheduleBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilde
       final MutableBlockchain blockchain,
       final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive,
       final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule,
-      final ConsensusContextFactory consensusContextFactory,
-      final Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> transactionSelectorFactory) {
+      final ConsensusContextFactory consensusContextFactory) {
     return MigratingProtocolContext.init(
-        blockchain,
-        worldStateArchive,
-        protocolSchedule,
-        consensusContextFactory,
-        transactionSelectorFactory);
+        blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, consensusContextFactory, badBlockManager);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -374,20 +367,6 @@ public class ConsensusScheduleBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilde
     return super.isRevertReasonEnabled(isRevertReasonEnabled);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public BesuControllerBuilder isPruningEnabled(final boolean isPruningEnabled) {
-    besuControllerBuilderSchedule.values().forEach(b -> b.isPruningEnabled(isPruningEnabled));
-    return super.isPruningEnabled(isPruningEnabled);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public BesuControllerBuilder pruningConfiguration(final PrunerConfiguration prunerConfiguration) {
-    besuControllerBuilderSchedule
-        .values()
-        .forEach(b -> b.pruningConfiguration(prunerConfiguration));
-    return super.pruningConfiguration(prunerConfiguration);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public BesuControllerBuilder genesisConfigOverrides(
       final Map<String, String> genesisConfigOverrides) {

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/IbftBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -234,12 +234,19 @@ public class IbftBesuControllerBuilder extends BftBesuControllerBuilder {
             blockchain,
             bftEventQueue);
 
+    // Update the next block period in seconds according to the transition schedule
+    protocolContext
+        .getBlockchain()
+        .observeBlockAdded(
+            o ->
+                miningParameters.setBlockPeriodSeconds(
+                    forksSchedule
+                        .getFork(o.getBlock().getHeader().getNumber() + 1)
+                        .getValue()
+                        .getBlockPeriodSeconds()));
+
     if (syncState.isInitialSyncPhaseDone()) {
-      LOG.info("Starting IBFT mining coordinator");
       ibftMiningCoordinator.enable();
-      ibftMiningCoordinator.start();
-    } else {
-      LOG.info("IBFT mining coordinator not starting while initial sync in progress");
     }
 
     syncState.subscribeCompletionReached(
@@ -278,7 +285,9 @@ public class IbftBesuControllerBuilder extends BftBesuControllerBuilder {
         privacyParameters,
         isRevertReasonEnabled,
         bftExtraDataCodec().get(),
-        evmConfiguration);
+        evmConfiguration,
+        miningParameters,
+        badBlockManager);
   }
 
   @Override

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/MainnetBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ public class MainnetBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
   @Override
   protected ProtocolSchedule createProtocolSchedule() {
     return MainnetProtocolSchedule.fromConfig(
-        configOptionsSupplier.get(), privacyParameters, isRevertReasonEnabled, evmConfiguration);
+        configOptionsSupplier.get(),
+        privacyParameters,
+        isRevertReasonEnabled,
+        evmConfiguration,
+        miningParameters,
+        badBlockManager);
   }
 
   @Override

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/MergeBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ public class MergeBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
   @Override
   protected ProtocolSchedule createProtocolSchedule() {
     return MergeProtocolSchedule.create(
-        configOptionsSupplier.get(), privacyParameters, isRevertReasonEnabled);
+        configOptionsSupplier.get(),
+        privacyParameters,
+        isRevertReasonEnabled,
+        miningParameters,
+        badBlockManager);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -198,7 +202,6 @@ public class MergeBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
                     .getTerminalTotalDifficulty()
                     .map(Difficulty::of)
                     .orElse(Difficulty.ZERO))
-            .setCheckpointPostMergeSync(syncConfig.isCheckpointPostMergeEnabled())
             .setPostMergeAtGenesis(isPostMergeAtGenesis);
 
     blockchain

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/QbftBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -274,12 +274,19 @@ public class QbftBesuControllerBuilder extends BftBesuControllerBuilder {
             blockchain,
             bftEventQueue);
 
+    // Update the next block period in seconds according to the transition schedule
+    protocolContext
+        .getBlockchain()
+        .observeBlockAdded(
+            o ->
+                miningParameters.setBlockPeriodSeconds(
+                    qbftForksSchedule
+                        .getFork(o.getBlock().getHeader().getNumber() + 1)
+                        .getValue()
+                        .getBlockPeriodSeconds()));
+
     if (syncState.isInitialSyncPhaseDone()) {
-      LOG.info("Starting QBFT mining coordinator");
       miningCoordinator.enable();
-      miningCoordinator.start();
-    } else {
-      LOG.info("QBFT mining coordinator not starting while initial sync in progress");
     }
 
     syncState.subscribeCompletionReached(
@@ -318,7 +325,9 @@ public class QbftBesuControllerBuilder extends BftBesuControllerBuilder {
         privacyParameters,
         isRevertReasonEnabled,
         bftExtraDataCodec().get(),
-        evmConfiguration);
+        evmConfiguration,
+        miningParameters,
+        badBlockManager);
   }
 
   @Override

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/TransitionBesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -52,15 +52,12 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPool;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ProtocolSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.StorageProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.Pruner;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.PrunerConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateStorageCoordinator;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.ObservableMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.permissioning.NodeMessagePermissioningProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -189,15 +186,10 @@ public class TransitionBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
       final MutableBlockchain blockchain,
       final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive,
       final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule,
-      final ConsensusContextFactory consensusContextFactory,
-      final Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> transactionSelectorFactory) {
+      final ConsensusContextFactory consensusContextFactory) {
     final ProtocolContext protocolContext =
         super.createProtocolContext(
-            blockchain,
-            worldStateArchive,
-            protocolSchedule,
-            consensusContextFactory,
-            transactionSelectorFactory);
+            blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, consensusContextFactory);
     transitionProtocolSchedule.setProtocolContext(protocolContext);
     return protocolContext;
   }
@@ -225,7 +217,6 @@ public class TransitionBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
       final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule,
       final WorldStateStorageCoordinator worldStateStorageCoordinator,
       final ProtocolContext protocolContext,
-      final Optional<Pruner> maybePruner,
       final EthContext ethContext,
       final SyncState syncState,
       final EthProtocolManager ethProtocolManager,
@@ -237,7 +228,6 @@ public class TransitionBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
                 protocolSchedule,
                 worldStateStorageCoordinator,
                 protocolContext,
-                maybePruner,
                 ethContext,
                 syncState,
                 ethProtocolManager,
@@ -255,6 +245,7 @@ public class TransitionBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
     return sync;
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("UnusedVariable")
   private void initTransitionWatcher(
       final ProtocolContext protocolContext, final TransitionCoordinator composedCoordinator) {
 
@@ -392,18 +383,6 @@ public class TransitionBesuControllerBuilder extends BesuControllerBuilder {
     return propagateConfig(z -> z.isRevertReasonEnabled(isRevertReasonEnabled));
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public BesuControllerBuilder isPruningEnabled(final boolean isPruningEnabled) {
-    super.isPruningEnabled(isPruningEnabled);
-    return propagateConfig(z -> z.isPruningEnabled(isPruningEnabled));
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public BesuControllerBuilder pruningConfiguration(final PrunerConfiguration prunerConfiguration) {
-    super.pruningConfiguration(prunerConfiguration);
-    return propagateConfig(z -> z.pruningConfiguration(prunerConfiguration));
-  }
-
   @Override
   public BesuControllerBuilder genesisConfigOverrides(
       final Map<String, String> genesisConfigOverrides) {

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuConfigurationImpl.java

@@ -14,25 +14,38 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.services;
 
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 /** A concrete implementation of BesuConfiguration which is used in Besu plugin framework. */
 public class BesuConfigurationImpl implements BesuConfiguration {
-
-  private final Path storagePath;
-  private final Path dataPath;
+  private Path storagePath;
+  private Path dataPath;
+  private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
+  private MiningParameters miningParameters;
 
   /**
-   * BesuConfigurationImpl Constructor.
+   * Post creation initialization
    *
    * @param dataPath The Path representing data folder
    * @param storagePath The path representing storage folder
+   * @param dataStorageConfiguration The data storage configuration
+   * @param miningParameters The mining parameters
    */
-  public BesuConfigurationImpl(final Path dataPath, final Path storagePath) {
+  public void init(
+      final Path dataPath,
+      final Path storagePath,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
     this.dataPath = dataPath;
     this.storagePath = storagePath;
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
+    this.miningParameters = miningParameters;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -44,4 +57,48 @@ public class BesuConfigurationImpl implements BesuConfiguration {
   public Path getDataPath() {
     return dataPath;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public DataStorageFormat getDatabaseFormat() {
+    return dataStorageConfiguration.getDataStorageFormat();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Wei getMinGasPrice() {
+    return miningParameters.getMinTransactionGasPrice();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageConfiguration
+      getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    return new DataStoreConfigurationImpl(dataStorageConfiguration);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A concrete implementation of DataStorageConfiguration which is used in Besu plugin framework.
+   */
+  public static class DataStoreConfigurationImpl
+      implements org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageConfiguration {
+
+    private final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiate the concrete implementation of the plugin DataStorageConfiguration.
+     *
+     * @param dataStorageConfiguration The Ethereum core module data storage configuration
+     */
+    public DataStoreConfigurationImpl(final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration) {
+      this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DataStorageFormat getDatabaseFormat() {
+      return dataStorageConfiguration.getDataStorageFormat();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean getReceiptCompactionEnabled() {
+      return dataStorageConfiguration.getReceiptCompactionEnabled();
+    }
+  }
 }

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BlockchainServiceImpl.java

@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@
 
 package org.hyperledger.besu.services;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockBody;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ProtocolSchedule;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.feemarket.BaseFeeMarket;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.feemarket.FeeMarket;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.Unstable;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.data.BlockContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.data.BlockHeader;
@@ -29,15 +34,21 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 @Unstable
 public class BlockchainServiceImpl implements BlockchainService {
 
-  private final Blockchain blockchain;
+  private ProtocolContext protocolContext;
+  private ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule;
+
+  /** Create a new instance */
+  public BlockchainServiceImpl() {}
 
   /**
    * Instantiates a new Blockchain service.
    *
-   * @param blockchain the blockchain
+   * @param protocolContext the protocol context
+   * @param protocolSchedule the protocol schedule
    */
-  public BlockchainServiceImpl(final Blockchain blockchain) {
-    this.blockchain = blockchain;
+  public void init(final ProtocolContext protocolContext, final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule) {
+    this.protocolContext = protocolContext;
+    this.protocolSchedule = protocolSchedule;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -48,11 +59,39 @@ public class BlockchainServiceImpl implements BlockchainService {
    */
   @Override
   public Optional<BlockContext> getBlockByNumber(final long number) {
-    return blockchain
+    return protocolContext
+        .getBlockchain()
         .getBlockByNumber(number)
         .map(block -> blockContext(block::getHeader, block::getBody));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Hash getChainHeadHash() {
+    return protocolContext.getBlockchain().getChainHeadHash();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BlockHeader getChainHeadHeader() {
+    return protocolContext.getBlockchain().getChainHeadHeader();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Optional<Wei> getNextBlockBaseFee() {
+    final var chainHeadHeader = protocolContext.getBlockchain().getChainHeadHeader();
+    final var protocolSpec =
+        protocolSchedule.getForNextBlockHeader(chainHeadHeader, System.currentTimeMillis());
+    return Optional.of(protocolSpec.getFeeMarket())
+        .filter(FeeMarket::implementsBaseFee)
+        .map(BaseFeeMarket.class::cast)
+        .map(
+            feeMarket ->
+                feeMarket.computeBaseFee(
+                    chainHeadHeader.getNumber() + 1,
+                    chainHeadHeader.getBaseFee().orElse(Wei.ZERO),
+                    chainHeadHeader.getGasUsed(),
+                    feeMarket.targetGasUsed(chainHeadHeader)));
+  }
+
   private static BlockContext blockContext(
       final Supplier<BlockHeader> blockHeaderSupplier,
       final Supplier<BlockBody> blockBodySupplier) {

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl.java

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright contributors to Hyperledger Besu.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
- * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-package org.hyperledger.besu.services;
-
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PluginTransactionValidatorService;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txvalidator.PluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
-
-/** The Transaction Validation service implementation. */
-public class PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl implements PluginTransactionValidatorService {
-
-  private PluginTransactionValidatorFactory factory;
-
-  @Override
-  public PluginTransactionValidatorFactory get() {
-    return factory;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void registerTransactionValidatorFactory(
-      final PluginTransactionValidatorFactory transactionValidatorFactory) {
-    factory = transactionValidatorFactory;
-  }
-}

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/RpcEndpointServiceImpl.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.rpc.PluginRpcRequest;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -58,7 +59,10 @@ public class RpcEndpointServiceImpl implements RpcEndpointService {
                 namespaces.stream()
                     .anyMatch(
                         namespace ->
-                            entry.getKey().toUpperCase().startsWith(namespace.toUpperCase())))
+                            entry
+                                .getKey()
+                                .toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)
+                                .startsWith(namespace.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT))))
         .map(entry -> new PluginJsonRpcMethod(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()))
         .collect(Collectors.toMap(PluginJsonRpcMethod::getName, e -> e));
   }
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ public class RpcEndpointServiceImpl implements RpcEndpointService {
    */
   public boolean hasNamespace(final String namespace) {
     return rpcMethods.keySet().stream()
-        .anyMatch(key -> key.toUpperCase().startsWith(namespace.toUpperCase()));
+        .anyMatch(
+            key -> key.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith(namespace.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)));
   }
 }

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/TransactionSelectionServiceImpl.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.services;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSelectionService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelector;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -25,13 +26,15 @@ public class TransactionSelectionServiceImpl implements TransactionSelectionServ
   private Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> factory = Optional.empty();
 
   @Override
-  public Optional<PluginTransactionSelectorFactory> get() {
-    return factory;
+  public PluginTransactionSelector createPluginTransactionSelector() {
+    return factory
+        .map(PluginTransactionSelectorFactory::create)
+        .orElse(PluginTransactionSelector.ACCEPT_ALL);
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void registerTransactionSelectorFactory(
-      final PluginTransactionSelectorFactory transactionSelectorFactory) {
-    factory = Optional.ofNullable(transactionSelectorFactory);
+  public void registerPluginTransactionSelectorFactory(
+      final PluginTransactionSelectorFactory pluginTransactionSelectorFactory) {
+    factory = Optional.ofNullable(pluginTransactionSelectorFactory);
   }
 }

besu/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
         <Logger name="org.apache.tuweni.discovery.DNSResolver">
             <RegexFilter regex="DNS query error with .*" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL" />
         </Logger>
+        <Logger name="io.vertx.core.dns.DnsException">
+            <RegexFilter regex="DNS query error occurred:.*" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Logger name="org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions">
+            <MarkerFilter marker="INVALID_TX_REMOVED" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL" />
+        </Logger>
         <Root level="${sys:root.log.level}">
             <AppenderRef ref="Router" />
         </Root>

besu/src/main/resources/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/launcher.json

@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
       "config-key": "sync-mode",
       "available-options": "org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.sync.SyncMode"
     },
-    {
-      "prompt-type": "CONFIRM",
-      "question": "Do you want to enable pruning?",
-      "config-key": "pruning-enabled",
-      "default-option": "no"
-    },
     {
       "prompt-type": "INPUT",
       "question": "What is the data directory ?",

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ForkIdsNetworkConfigTest.java

@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.merge.MergeProtocolSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.merge.PostMergeContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.merge.TransitionProtocolSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.merge.TransitionUtils;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.BadBlockManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.GenesisState;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MilestoneStreamingProtocolSchedule;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.forkid.ForkId;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.forkid.ForkIdManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.DefaultProtocolSchedule;
@@ -107,8 +109,9 @@ public class ForkIdsNetworkConfigTest {
               new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0xb715077dL), 13773000L),
               new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0x20c327fcL), 15050000L),
               new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0xf0afd0e3L), 1681338455L),
-              new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0xdce96c2dL), 0L),
-              new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0xdce96c2dL), 0L))
+              new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0xdce96c2dL), 1710338135L),
+              new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0x9f3d2254L), 0L),
+              new ForkId(Bytes.ofUnsignedInt(0x9f3d2254L), 0L))
         },
         new Object[] {
           NetworkName.MORDOR,
@@ -185,10 +188,14 @@ public class ForkIdsNetworkConfigTest {
     final GenesisConfigOptions configOptions = genesisConfigFile.getConfigOptions();
     MilestoneStreamingProtocolSchedule preMergeProtocolSchedule =
         new MilestoneStreamingProtocolSchedule(
-            (DefaultProtocolSchedule) MainnetProtocolSchedule.fromConfig(configOptions));
+            (DefaultProtocolSchedule)
+                MainnetProtocolSchedule.fromConfig(
+                    configOptions, MiningParameters.MINING_DISABLED, new BadBlockManager()));
     MilestoneStreamingProtocolSchedule postMergeProtocolSchedule =
         new MilestoneStreamingProtocolSchedule(
-            (DefaultProtocolSchedule) MergeProtocolSchedule.create(configOptions, false));
+            (DefaultProtocolSchedule)
+                MergeProtocolSchedule.create(
+                    configOptions, false, MiningParameters.MINING_DISABLED, new BadBlockManager()));
     final MilestoneStreamingTransitionProtocolSchedule schedule =
         new MilestoneStreamingTransitionProtocolSchedule(
             preMergeProtocolSchedule, postMergeProtocolSchedule);

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/PrivacyTest.java

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.privacy.storage.PrivacyStorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.privacy.storage.keyvalue.PrivacyKeyValueStorageProviderBuilder;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.PrecompiledContract;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
@@ -97,11 +98,15 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
   private BesuController setUpControllerWithPrivacyEnabled(final boolean flexibleEnabled)
       throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
     final Path dbDir = Files.createTempDirectory(dataDir, "database");
+    final var miningParameters = MiningParameters.newDefault();
+    final var dataStorageConfiguration = DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
     final PrivacyParameters privacyParameters =
         new PrivacyParameters.Builder()
             .setEnabled(true)
             .setEnclaveUrl(new URI("http://127.0.0.1:8000"))
-            .setStorageProvider(createKeyValueStorageProvider(dataDir, dbDir))
+            .setStorageProvider(
+                createKeyValueStorageProvider(
+                    dataDir, dbDir, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters))
             .setEnclaveFactory(new EnclaveFactory(vertx))
             .setFlexiblePrivacyGroupsEnabled(flexibleEnabled)
             .build();
@@ -111,7 +116,8 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
         .ethProtocolConfiguration(EthProtocolConfiguration.defaultConfig())
         .storageProvider(new InMemoryKeyValueStorageProvider())
         .networkId(BigInteger.ONE)
-        .miningParameters(MiningParameters.newDefault())
+        .miningParameters(miningParameters)
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(dataStorageConfiguration)
         .nodeKey(NodeKeyUtils.generate())
         .metricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .dataDirectory(dataDir)
@@ -125,7 +131,12 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
   }
 
   private PrivacyStorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(
-      final Path dataDir, final Path dbDir) {
+      final Path dataDir,
+      final Path dbDir,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataDir, dbDir, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters);
     return new PrivacyKeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValuePrivacyStorageFactory(
@@ -138,7 +149,7 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
                             DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                     Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                     RocksDBMetricsFactory.PRIVATE_ROCKS_DB_METRICS)))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dbDir))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/RunnerTest.java

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.EnodeURLImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.StorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.ObservableMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
@@ -163,12 +164,13 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
     final Path dataDirAhead = Files.createTempDirectory(temp, "db-ahead");
     final Path dbAhead = dataDirAhead.resolve("database");
     final int blockCount = 500;
-    final NodeKey aheadDbNodeKey = NodeKeyUtils.createFrom(KeyPairUtil.loadKeyPair(dbAhead));
+    final NodeKey aheadDbNodeKey = NodeKeyUtils.createFrom(KeyPairUtil.loadKeyPair(dataDirAhead));
     final NodeKey behindDbNodeKey = NodeKeyUtils.generate();
     final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfigAhead =
         SynchronizerConfiguration.builder().syncMode(SyncMode.FULL).build();
     final ObservableMetricsSystem noOpMetricsSystem = new NoOpMetricsSystem();
-
+    final var miningParameters = MiningParameters.newDefault();
+    final var dataStorageConfiguration = DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
     // Setup Runner with blocks
     final BesuController controllerAhead =
         getController(
@@ -176,8 +178,10 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
             syncConfigAhead,
             dataDirAhead,
             aheadDbNodeKey,
-            createKeyValueStorageProvider(dataDirAhead, dbAhead),
-            noOpMetricsSystem);
+            createKeyValueStorageProvider(
+                dataDirAhead, dbAhead, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters),
+            noOpMetricsSystem,
+            miningParameters);
     setupState(
         blockCount, controllerAhead.getProtocolSchedule(), controllerAhead.getProtocolContext());
 
@@ -232,7 +236,8 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
               dataDirBehind,
               behindDbNodeKey,
               new InMemoryKeyValueStorageProvider(),
-              noOpMetricsSystem);
+              noOpMetricsSystem,
+              miningParameters);
 
       final EnodeURL aheadEnode = runnerAhead.getLocalEnode().get();
       final EthNetworkConfig behindEthNetworkConfiguration =
@@ -375,7 +380,13 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
     return GenesisConfigFile.fromConfig(jsonNode);
   }
 
-  private StorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(final Path dataDir, final Path dbDir) {
+  private StorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(
+      final Path dataDir,
+      final Path dbDir,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataDir, dbDir, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters);
     return new KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValueStorageFactory(
@@ -387,7 +398,7 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
                         DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                 Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                 RocksDBMetricsFactory.PUBLIC_ROCKS_DB_METRICS))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dbDir))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }
@@ -443,26 +454,27 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
       final Path dataDir,
       final NodeKey nodeKey,
       final StorageProvider storageProvider,
-      final ObservableMetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
+      final ObservableMetricsSystem metricsSystem,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
     return new MainnetBesuControllerBuilder()
         .genesisConfigFile(genesisConfig)
         .synchronizerConfiguration(syncConfig)
         .ethProtocolConfiguration(EthProtocolConfiguration.defaultConfig())
         .dataDirectory(dataDir)
         .networkId(NETWORK_ID)
-        .miningParameters(MiningParameters.newDefault())
+        .miningParameters(miningParameters)
         .nodeKey(nodeKey)
         .storageProvider(storageProvider)
         .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
         .privacyParameters(PrivacyParameters.DEFAULT)
         .clock(TestClock.fixed())
         .transactionPoolConfiguration(TransactionPoolConfiguration.DEFAULT)
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG)
         .gasLimitCalculator(GasLimitCalculator.constant())
         .evmConfiguration(EvmConfiguration.DEFAULT)
         .networkConfiguration(NetworkingConfiguration.create())
         .randomPeerPriority(Boolean.FALSE)
         .maxPeers(25)
-        .lowerBoundPeers(25)
         .maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers(15)
         .build();
   }

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/chainimport/JsonBlockImporterTest.java

@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ public abstract class JsonBlockImporterTest {
     return createController(genesisConfigFile);
   }
 
-  protected BesuController createController(final GenesisConfigFile genesisConfigFile)
-      throws IOException {
+  protected BesuController createController(final GenesisConfigFile genesisConfigFile) {
     return new BesuController.Builder()
         .fromGenesisConfig(genesisConfigFile, SyncMode.FAST)
         .synchronizerConfiguration(SynchronizerConfiguration.builder().build())

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CascadingDefaultProviderTest.java

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.graphql.GraphQLConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.JsonRpcConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.websocket.WebSocketConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.ImmutableMiningParameters;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.sync.SyncMode;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.sync.SynchronizerConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.EnodeURLImpl;
@@ -179,11 +179,9 @@ public class CascadingDefaultProviderTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     verify(mockControllerBuilder).synchronizerConfiguration(syncConfigurationCaptor.capture());
 
     final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfig = syncConfigurationCaptor.getValue();
-    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.FAST);
+    assertThat(syncConfig.getSyncMode()).isEqualTo(SyncMode.SNAP);
     assertThat(syncConfig.getFastSyncMinimumPeerCount()).isEqualTo(5);
 
-    assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-
     assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
   }
@@ -200,14 +198,11 @@ public class CascadingDefaultProviderTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     setEnvironmentVariable("BESU_MINER_COINBASE", expectedCoinbase);
     parseCommand("--config-file", configFile);
 
-    verify(mockControllerBuilder)
-        .miningParameters(
-            ImmutableMiningParameters.builder()
-                .mutableInitValues(
-                    ImmutableMiningParameters.MutableInitValues.builder()
-                        .coinbase(Address.fromHexString(expectedCoinbase))
-                        .build())
-                .build());
+    final var captMiningParameters = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(MiningParameters.class);
+    verify(mockControllerBuilder).miningParameters(captMiningParameters.capture());
+
+    assertThat(captMiningParameters.getValue().getCoinbase())
+        .contains(Address.fromHexString(expectedCoinbase));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -222,14 +217,11 @@ public class CascadingDefaultProviderTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     setEnvironmentVariable("BESU_MINER_COINBASE", "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000004");
     parseCommand("--config-file", configFile, "--miner-coinbase", expectedCoinbase);
 
-    verify(mockControllerBuilder)
-        .miningParameters(
-            ImmutableMiningParameters.builder()
-                .mutableInitValues(
-                    ImmutableMiningParameters.MutableInitValues.builder()
-                        .coinbase(Address.fromHexString(expectedCoinbase))
-                        .build())
-                .build());
+    final var captMiningParameters = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(MiningParameters.class);
+    verify(mockControllerBuilder).miningParameters(captMiningParameters.capture());
+
+    assertThat(captMiningParameters.getValue().getCoinbase())
+        .contains(Address.fromHexString(expectedCoinbase));
   }
 
   /**

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java

@@ -75,21 +75,24 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.StorageService;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.TransactionSelectionService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.securitymodule.SecurityModule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.KeyValueStorageFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.PrivacyKeyValueStorageFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.SegmentIdentifier;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuConfigurationImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BlockchainServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PermissioningServiceImpl;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PrivacyPluginServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.RpcEndpointServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.SecurityModuleServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.StorageServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionSelectionServiceImpl;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.TransactionSimulationServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.kvstore.InMemoryKeyValueStorage;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -165,6 +168,9 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
                       "clique",
                       new JsonObject().put("blockperiodseconds", POA_BLOCK_PERIOD_SECONDS)));
 
+  protected static final JsonObject GENESIS_WITH_ZERO_BASE_FEE_MARKET =
+      new JsonObject().put("config", new JsonObject().put("zeroBaseFee", true));
+
   protected final PrintStream originalOut = System.out;
   protected final PrintStream originalErr = System.err;
   protected final ByteArrayOutputStream commandOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
@@ -205,9 +211,10 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
   @Mock protected JsonBlockImporter jsonBlockImporter;
   @Mock protected RlpBlockImporter rlpBlockImporter;
   @Mock protected StorageServiceImpl storageService;
+  @Mock protected TransactionSelectionServiceImpl txSelectionService;
   @Mock protected SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService;
   @Mock protected SecurityModule securityModule;
-  @Mock protected BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration;
+  @Mock protected BesuConfigurationImpl commonPluginConfiguration;
   @Mock protected KeyValueStorageFactory rocksDBStorageFactory;
   @Mock protected PrivacyKeyValueStorageFactory rocksDBSPrivacyStorageFactory;
   @Mock protected PicoCLIOptions cliOptions;
@@ -217,6 +224,7 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
   @Mock protected WorldStateArchive mockWorldStateArchive;
   @Mock protected TransactionPool mockTransactionPool;
   @Mock protected PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService;
+  @Mock protected StorageProvider storageProvider;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("PrivateStaticFinalLoggers") // @Mocks are inited by JUnit
   @Mock
@@ -275,8 +283,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     when(mockControllerBuilder.clock(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.isRevertReasonEnabled(false)).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.storageProvider(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
-    when(mockControllerBuilder.isPruningEnabled(anyBoolean())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
-    when(mockControllerBuilder.pruningConfiguration(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.genesisConfigOverrides(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.gasLimitCalculator(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.requiredBlocks(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
@@ -288,12 +294,8 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     when(mockControllerBuilder.maxPeers(anyInt())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.chainPruningConfiguration(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.maxPeers(anyInt())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
-    when(mockControllerBuilder.lowerBoundPeers(anyInt())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers(anyInt()))
         .thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
-    when(mockControllerBuilder.transactionSelectorFactory(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
-    when(mockControllerBuilder.pluginTransactionValidatorFactory(any()))
-        .thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.besuComponent(any(BesuComponent.class)))
         .thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
     when(mockControllerBuilder.cacheLastBlocks(any())).thenReturn(mockControllerBuilder);
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     when(mockProtocolContext.getBlockchain()).thenReturn(mockMutableBlockchain);
     lenient().when(mockProtocolContext.getWorldStateArchive()).thenReturn(mockWorldStateArchive);
     when(mockController.getTransactionPool()).thenReturn(mockTransactionPool);
+    when(mockController.getStorageProvider()).thenReturn(storageProvider);
 
     when(mockRunnerBuilder.vertx(any())).thenReturn(mockRunnerBuilder);
     when(mockRunnerBuilder.besuController(any())).thenReturn(mockRunnerBuilder);
@@ -378,6 +381,9 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     lenient()
         .when(mockBesuPluginContext.getService(StorageService.class))
         .thenReturn(Optional.of(storageService));
+    lenient()
+        .when(mockBesuPluginContext.getService(TransactionSelectionService.class))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.of(txSelectionService));
 
     lenient()
         .doReturn(mockPkiBlockCreationConfiguration)
@@ -565,7 +571,9 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
           pkiBlockCreationConfigProvider,
           rpcEndpointServiceImpl,
           new TransactionSelectionServiceImpl(),
-          new PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl());
+          new TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl(),
+          new TransactionSimulationServiceImpl(),
+          new BlockchainServiceImpl());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -739,4 +747,15 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
 
     assertThat(stringArgumentCaptor.getAllValues().get(2)).isEqualTo(mainOption);
   }
+  /**
+   * Check logger calls
+   *
+   * <p>Here we check the calls to logger and not the result of the log line as we don't test the
+   * logger itself but the fact that we call it.
+   *
+   * @param stringToLog the string that is logged
+   */
+  void verifyMultiOptionsConstraintLoggerCall(final String stringToLog) {
+    verify(mockLogger, atLeast(1)).warn(stringToLog);
+  }
 }

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/AbstractCLIOptionsTest.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.CommandTestAbstract;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -113,10 +114,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractCLIOptionsTest<D, T extends CLIOptions<D>>
   protected abstract T getOptionsFromBesuCommand(final TestBesuCommand besuCommand);
 
   protected void internalTestSuccess(final Consumer<D> assertion, final String... args) {
+    internalTestSuccess((bc, conf) -> conf, assertion, args);
+  }
+
+  protected void internalTestSuccess(
+      final BiFunction<TestBesuCommand, D, D> runtimeConf,
+      final Consumer<D> assertion,
+      final String... args) {
     final TestBesuCommand cmd = parseCommand(args);
 
     final T options = getOptionsFromBesuCommand(cmd);
-    final D config = options.toDomainObject();
+    final D config = runtimeConf.apply(cmd, options.toDomainObject());
+
     assertion.accept(config);
 
     assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/MiningOptionsTest.java

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -316,6 +315,7 @@ public class MiningOptionsTest extends AbstractCLIOptionsTest<MiningParameters,
   @Test
   public void blockTxsSelectionMaxTimeDefaultValue() {
     internalTestSuccess(
+        this::runtimeConfiguration,
         miningParams ->
             assertThat(miningParams.getNonPoaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime())
                 .isEqualTo(DEFAULT_NON_POA_BLOCK_TXS_SELECTION_MAX_TIME));
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ public class MiningOptionsTest extends AbstractCLIOptionsTest<MiningParameters,
   @Test
   public void blockTxsSelectionMaxTimeOption() {
     internalTestSuccess(
+        this::runtimeConfiguration,
         miningParams -> assertThat(miningParams.getBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime()).isEqualTo(1700L),
         "--block-txs-selection-max-time",
         "1700");
@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ public class MiningOptionsTest extends AbstractCLIOptionsTest<MiningParameters,
   @Test
   public void poaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTimeDefaultValue() {
     internalTestSuccess(
+        this::runtimeConfiguration,
         miningParams ->
             assertThat(miningParams.getPoaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime())
                 .isEqualTo(DEFAULT_POA_BLOCK_TXS_SELECTION_MAX_TIME));
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ public class MiningOptionsTest extends AbstractCLIOptionsTest<MiningParameters,
   public void poaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTimeOption() throws IOException {
     final Path genesisFileIBFT2 = createFakeGenesisFile(VALID_GENESIS_IBFT2_POST_LONDON);
     internalTestSuccess(
+        this::runtimeConfiguration,
         miningParams ->
             assertThat(miningParams.getPoaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime())
                 .isEqualTo(PositiveNumber.fromInt(80)),
@@ -365,6 +368,7 @@ public class MiningOptionsTest extends AbstractCLIOptionsTest<MiningParameters,
   public void poaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTimeOptionOver100Percent() throws IOException {
     final Path genesisFileClique = createFakeGenesisFile(VALID_GENESIS_CLIQUE_POST_LONDON);
     internalTestSuccess(
+        this::runtimeConfiguration,
         miningParams -> {
           assertThat(miningParams.getPoaBlockTxsSelectionMaxTime())
               .isEqualTo(PositiveNumber.fromInt(200));
@@ -412,16 +416,19 @@ public class MiningOptionsTest extends AbstractCLIOptionsTest<MiningParameters,
 
   @Override
   protected MiningOptions getOptionsFromBesuCommand(final TestBesuCommand besuCommand) {
-    final var miningOptions = besuCommand.getMiningOptions();
-    miningOptions.setGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(
-        besuCommand.getActualGenesisConfigOptions().isPoa()
-            ? OptionalInt.of(POA_BLOCK_PERIOD_SECONDS)
-            : OptionalInt.empty());
-    return miningOptions;
+    return besuCommand.getMiningOptions();
   }
 
   @Override
   protected String[] getNonOptionFields() {
-    return new String[] {"maybeGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds"};
+    return new String[] {"transactionSelectionService"};
+  }
+
+  private MiningParameters runtimeConfiguration(
+      final TestBesuCommand besuCommand, final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
+    if (besuCommand.getActualGenesisConfigOptions().isPoa()) {
+      miningParameters.setBlockPeriodSeconds(POA_BLOCK_PERIOD_SECONDS);
+    }
+    return miningParameters;
   }
 }

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/NetworkingOptionsTest.java

@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ public class NetworkingOptionsTest
         NetworkingConfiguration.DEFAULT_INITIATE_CONNECTIONS_FREQUENCY_SEC + 10);
     config.setCheckMaintainedConnectionsFrequency(
         NetworkingConfiguration.DEFAULT_CHECK_MAINTAINED_CONNECTIONS_FREQUENCY_SEC + 10);
-    config.setPeerLowerBound(NetworkingConfiguration.DEFAULT_PEER_LOWER_BOUND - 10);
     return config;
   }
 

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/TransactionPoolOptionsTest.java

@@ -168,6 +168,31 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptionsTest
         "101");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void blobPriceBump() {
+    final Percentage blobPriceBump = Percentage.fromInt(50);
+    internalTestSuccess(
+        config -> assertThat(config.getBlobPriceBump()).isEqualTo(blobPriceBump),
+        "--tx-pool-blob-price-bump",
+        blobPriceBump.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void invalidBlobPriceBumpShouldFail() {
+    internalTestFailure(
+        "Invalid value: 101, should be a number between 0 and 100 inclusive",
+        "--tx-pool-blob-price-bump",
+        "101");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void defaultBlobPriceBump() {
+    internalTestSuccess(
+        config ->
+            assertThat(config.getBlobPriceBump())
+                .isEqualTo(TransactionPoolConfiguration.DEFAULT_BLOB_PRICE_BUMP));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void txFeeCap() {
     final Wei txFeeCap = Wei.fromEth(2);
@@ -370,4 +395,9 @@ public class TransactionPoolOptionsTest
   protected TransactionPoolOptions getOptionsFromBesuCommand(final TestBesuCommand besuCommand) {
     return besuCommand.getTransactionPoolOptions();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String[] getNonOptionFields() {
+    return new String[] {"transactionPoolValidatorService"};
+  }
 }

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/DataStorageOptionsTest.java

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.AbstractCLIOptionsTest;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -88,6 +88,46 @@ public class DataStorageOptionsTest
         "511");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void bonsaiCodeUsingCodeHashEnabledCanBeEnabled() {
+    internalTestSuccess(
+        dataStorageConfiguration ->
+            assertThat(
+                    dataStorageConfiguration.getUnstable().getBonsaiCodeStoredByCodeHashEnabled())
+                .isEqualTo(true),
+        "--Xbonsai-code-using-code-hash-enabled",
+        "true");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void bonsaiCodeUsingCodeHashEnabledCanBeDisabled() {
+    internalTestSuccess(
+        dataStorageConfiguration ->
+            assertThat(
+                    dataStorageConfiguration.getUnstable().getBonsaiCodeStoredByCodeHashEnabled())
+                .isEqualTo(false),
+        "--Xbonsai-code-using-code-hash-enabled",
+        "false");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void receiptCompactionCanBeEnabled() {
+    internalTestSuccess(
+        dataStorageConfiguration ->
+            assertThat(dataStorageConfiguration.getReceiptCompactionEnabled()).isEqualTo(true),
+        "--receipt-compaction-enabled",
+        "true");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void receiptCompactionCanBeDisabled() {
+    internalTestSuccess(
+        dataStorageConfiguration ->
+            assertThat(dataStorageConfiguration.getReceiptCompactionEnabled()).isEqualTo(false),
+        "--receipt-compaction-enabled",
+        "false");
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected DataStorageConfiguration createDefaultDomainObject() {
     return DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_CONFIG;

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/StorageSubCommandTest.java

@@ -25,17 +25,14 @@ import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.VariablesStorageHelper.populate
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.VariablesStorageHelper.populateVariablesStorage;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.BLOCKCHAIN;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.VARIABLES;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.CommandTestAbstract;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.VariablesKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.kvstore.InMemoryKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.kvstore.SegmentedInMemoryKeyValueStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.kvstore.SegmentedKeyValueStorageAdapter;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
@@ -67,10 +64,10 @@ public class StorageSubCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     final var kvVariables = new SegmentedKeyValueStorageAdapter(VARIABLES, kvVariablesSeg);
     final var kvBlockchainSeg = new SegmentedInMemoryKeyValueStorage();
     final var kvBlockchain = new SegmentedKeyValueStorageAdapter(BLOCKCHAIN, kvBlockchainSeg);
-    when(rocksDBStorageFactory.create(eq(List.of(VARIABLES)), any(), any()))
-        .thenReturn(kvVariablesSeg);
-    when(rocksDBStorageFactory.create(eq(List.of(BLOCKCHAIN)), any(), any()))
-        .thenReturn(kvBlockchainSeg);
+    when(storageProvider.createVariablesStorage())
+        .thenReturn(new VariablesKeyValueStorage(kvVariables));
+    when(storageProvider.getStorageBySegmentIdentifier(BLOCKCHAIN)).thenReturn(kvBlockchain);
+
     final var variableValues = getSampleVariableValues();
     assertNoVariablesInStorage(kvBlockchain);
     populateVariablesStorage(kvVariables, variableValues);
@@ -87,10 +84,9 @@ public class StorageSubCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     final var kvVariables = new SegmentedKeyValueStorageAdapter(VARIABLES, kvVariablesSeg);
     final var kvBlockchainSeg = new SegmentedInMemoryKeyValueStorage();
     final var kvBlockchain = new SegmentedKeyValueStorageAdapter(BLOCKCHAIN, kvBlockchainSeg);
-    when(rocksDBStorageFactory.create(eq(List.of(VARIABLES)), any(), any()))
-        .thenReturn(kvVariablesSeg);
-    when(rocksDBStorageFactory.create(eq(List.of(BLOCKCHAIN)), any(), any()))
-        .thenReturn(kvBlockchainSeg);
+    when(storageProvider.createVariablesStorage())
+        .thenReturn(new VariablesKeyValueStorage(kvVariables));
+    when(storageProvider.getStorageBySegmentIdentifier(BLOCKCHAIN)).thenReturn(kvBlockchain);
 
     final var variableValues = getSampleVariableValues();
     variableValues.remove(FINALIZED_BLOCK_HASH);
@@ -108,8 +104,9 @@ public class StorageSubCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
   public void doesNothingWhenVariablesAlreadyReverted() {
     final var kvVariables = new InMemoryKeyValueStorage();
     final var kvBlockchain = new InMemoryKeyValueStorage();
-    when(rocksDBStorageFactory.create(eq(VARIABLES), any(), any())).thenReturn(kvVariables);
-    when(rocksDBStorageFactory.create(eq(BLOCKCHAIN), any(), any())).thenReturn(kvBlockchain);
+    when(storageProvider.createVariablesStorage())
+        .thenReturn(new VariablesKeyValueStorage(kvVariables));
+    when(storageProvider.getStorageBySegmentIdentifier(BLOCKCHAIN)).thenReturn(kvBlockchain);
 
     final var variableValues = getSampleVariableValues();
     assertNoVariablesInStorage(kvVariables);

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogHelperTest.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration.Unstable.DEFAULT_BONSAI_TRIE_LOG_PRUNING_WINDOW_SIZE;
-import static org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat.BONSAI;
+import static org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.DataStorageFormat.BONSAI;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ class TrieLogHelperTest {
 
     inMemoryWorldState =
         new BonsaiWorldStateKeyValueStorage(
-            storageProvider, new NoOpMetricsSystem(), DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_CONFIG);
+            storageProvider,
+            new NoOpMetricsSystem(),
+            DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_BONSAI_CONFIG);
 
     createTrieLog(blockHeader1);
 
@@ -291,8 +293,8 @@ class TrieLogHelperTest {
                 nonValidatingTrieLogHelper.prune(
                     dataStorageConfiguration, inMemoryWorldStateSpy, blockchain, dataDir))
         .isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class)
-        .hasMessage(
-            "Remaining trie logs (0) did not match --bonsai-historical-block-limit (3). Trie logs backup files have not been deleted, it is safe to rerun the subcommand.");
+        .hasMessageContaining(
+            "Remaining trie logs (0) did not match --bonsai-historical-block-limit (3)");
   }
 
   @Test